Quotes by Baldwin, James

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child canno >>

The paradox of education is precisely this -- that as one begins to be >>

An identity is questioned only when it is menaced, as when the mighty >>

Quotations about Giving

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn. >>

We are rich only through what we give; and poor only through we refuse >>

I have always noticed that a man who gives the most for the money, get >>

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.

Baldwin, James