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"People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned."

Baldwin, James · Abuse · 10 fans >>
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"Be careful what you set your heart upon -- for it will surely be yours."

Baldwin, James · Desire · 2 fans >>
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"The 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."

Baldwin, James · Education · 5 fans >>
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"It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind."

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"A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled."

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"Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks."

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"Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in the world; but it is impossible to foresee this, it is impossible to be warned."

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"Experience is a private, and a very largely speechless affair."

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"Experience that destroys innocents also leads one back to it."

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"There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes of others. Nothing can help that man. What is left of that man flees from what is left of human attention."

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