James Baldwin

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the read more

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.

The future is like heaven. Everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.

The future is like heaven. Everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.

Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated and this was an immutable law.

Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated and this was an immutable law.

Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought read more

Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought of other things if you did.

It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.

It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.