Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart, for his purity by definition i

Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart, for his purity by definition is unassailable.

Author: James Arthur Baldwin

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The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious ,one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.

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.

American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.

Hatred which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law.

My heart never knew loneliness until you went away.

Remember there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over.

When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose.

I trust that everything happens for a reason, even when we’re not wise enough to see it.