Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings. - James A. Baldwin 1 Share Now -
There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now. - James A. Baldwin 2 Share Now -
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. - James A. Baldwin 3 Share Now -
I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative. - James A. Baldwin 4 Share Now -
The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power forever. - James A. Baldwin 5 Share Now -
The future is like heaven, everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now. - James A. Baldwin 6 Share Now -
I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all. - James A. Baldwin 7 Share Now -
Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it. - James A. Baldwin 8 Share Now -
The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose. - James A. Baldwin 9 Share Now -
There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now. - James A. Baldwin 10 Share Now -
