Quote by James Baldwin
Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction,

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

Other quotes by James Baldwin

Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock. – James Baldwin

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Change
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It is rare indeed that people give. Most people guard and keep; they suppose that it is they themselves and what they identify with themselves that they are guarding and keeping, whereas what they are actually guarding and keeping is their system of reality and what they assume themselves to be. – James Baldwin

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Charity
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Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. – James Baldwin

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Action
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Perspective
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Perspective is the rein and rudder of painting. – Leonardo DaVinci

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Perspective

Johnsons are rare; yet, Boswells are perhaps still rarer. – Thomas Carlyle

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Perspective

It takes a while, but eventually we appreciate that the people who were always there for the special occasions of our youth had other things to do. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Perspective

Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is the lightning that does the work. – Mark Twain

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Perspective

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The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people. – James A. Garfield

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There are people who have money and people who are rich. – Coco Chanel

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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note — torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Forgiveness