James A. Baldwin Quotes About Heaven

• A society must assume that it is stable, but the artist must know, and he must let us know, that there is nothing stable under heaven.

  James A. Baldwin

  Artist, Heaven, Assuming

• Ámalo y deja que él te ame. ¿Crees que hay algo más bajo el cielo que realmente importe?

  James A. Baldwin

  Love, Romantic, Thinking

• The future is like heaven-everyone exalts it but no one wants to go there now.

  James A. Baldwin

  Tiempo, recuerdos, futuro

• Es muy grave verse obligado a imitar a un pueblo para el que sabes -que es el precio de tu actuación y supervivencia- que no existes. Es difícil imitar a un pueblo cuya existencia parece, principalmente, tolerable gracias a su gratitud sin fondo por no ser, gracias al cielo, tú.

  James A. Baldwin

  Gratitud, Personas, Justicia

• There are few things under heaven more unnerving than the silent, accumulating contempt and hatred of a people.

  James A. Baldwin

  People, Heaven, Hatred

  "Fifth Avenue, Uptown: A Letter from Harlem". Essay by James A. Baldwin (1960), as quoted in "The Fire This Time" by David Remnick, www.newyorker.com. January 12, 2015.

• Heavenly witnesses are a tricky lot, to be used by whoever is closest to Heaven at the time. And legend and theology, which are designed to sanctify our fears, crimes, and aspirations, also reveal them for what they are.

  James A. Baldwin

  Heaven, Legends, Crime

  "Carta desde una región de mi mente". www.newyorker.com. 17 de noviembre de 1962.

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