James A. Baldwin Quotes about Change

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Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

James A. Baldwin

Inspirational, Change, Leadership

"As Much Truth As One Can Bear". The New York Times Book Review, January 14, 1962.

For nothing is fixed, forever and forever, it is not fixed; the earth is always shifting, the light is always changing, the sea does not cease to grind down rock. Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have. The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.

James A. Baldwin

Change, Children, Acceptance

"The Fire Next Time". Book by James A. Baldwin, 1963.

The world is before you, and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in.

James A. Baldwin

Life, Change, Needs

"James Baldwin: My Uncle and His Love Life" by T. Better Baldwin, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 30, 2014.

People can cry much easier than they can change.

James A. Baldwin

Change, People, Self Improvement

"James Baldwin Back Home" by Robert Coles, archive.nytimes.com. July 31, 1977.

You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can't, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world... The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way... people look at reality, then you can change it.

James A. Baldwin

Change, Writing, Reality

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become, and they pay for it, very simply, by the lives they lead.

James A. Baldwin

Inspirational, Change, Karma

"No Name in the Street". Book by James A. Baldwin, 1972.

Identity would seem to be the garment with which one covers the nakedness of the self: in which case, it is best that the garment be loose, a little like the robes of the desert, through which one's nakedness can always be felt, and, sometimes, discerned. This trust in one's nakedness is all that gives one the power to change one's robes.

James A. Baldwin

Change, Self, Giving

"The Devil Finds Work". Book by James A. Baldwin, 1976.