Quote by James Baldwin
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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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. – James Baldwin

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respect
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We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours. – James Baldwin

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Belief
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You know, its not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself. – James Baldwin

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Man tends to treat all his opinions as principles. – Herbert Agar

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Once you begin to believe there is help out there, you will know it to be true. – Saint Bartholomew

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Skepticism is a religion very rich in evangelists but very short on saviors. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly and desperately drunk with a certain belief. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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