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Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to ones be

Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to ones beliefs, and the equal impossibility of becoming free of them, one can be driven to the most inhuman excesses. – James Baldwin

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Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch. – James Baldwin

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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. – James Baldwin

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

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I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water. – Maya Angelou

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Convictions are more dangerous enemies to truth than lies. – Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), “IX.Man by Himself,” Human, All-Too-Human

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Few really believe. The most only believe that they believe or even make believe. – John Lancaster Spalding

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Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment. – Seneca

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