“One can only face in others what one can face in oneself. On this confrontation depends the measure of our wisdom and compassion. This energy is all that one finds in the rubble of vanished civilizations, and the only hope for ours.”
More from James Baldwin
“Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.”
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they…”
“And, here I was, left with only myself to deal with. It was entirely up to me.”
“Art is here to prove, and to help one bare, the fact that all safety is an illusion.”