The world is before you, and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in.
James A. BaldwinThe paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.
James A. BaldwinI don't know, now, when I first looked at Hella and found her stale, found her body uninteresting, her presence grating. It seemed to happen all at onceโI suppose that only means that it had been happening for a long time.
James A. BaldwinThe white man discovered the Cross by way of the Bible, but the black man discovered the Bible by way of the Cross.
James A. Baldwin