James A. Baldwin Quotes About Heaven

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

• Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters?

  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

  Time, Memories, Future

• It is a very grave matter to be forced to imitate a people for whom you know-which is the price of your performance and survival-you do not exist. It is hard to imitate a people whose existence appears, mainly, to be made tolerable by their bottomless gratitude that they are not, thank heaven, you.

  James A. Baldwin

  Gratitude, People, Justice

• 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

  "Letter from a Region in My Mind". www.newyorker.com. November 17, 1962.

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