Quote by James Baldwin
It is rare indeed that people give. Most people guard and keep; th

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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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. – James Baldwin

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I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain. – James Baldwin

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The moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out. – James Baldwin

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Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock. – Walter Benjamin

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Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little. – Chinese Proverb

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All religions have honored the beggar. For he proves that in a matter at the same time as prosaic and holy, banal and regenerative as the giving of alms, intellect and morality, consistency and principles are miserably inadequate. – Walter Benjamin

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The living need charity more than the dead. – George Arnold

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