James A. Baldwin Quotes

James A. Baldwin — American Author born on August 02, 1924, died on December 01, 1987

James A. "Jim" Baldwin was an American football player, track athlete, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Rhode Island State Collegenow the University of Rhode Island, the University of Maine, Trinity College in Durham, North Carolinanow Duke University, Lehigh University, and Wake Forest University, compiling a career college football record of 413214. Baldwin was also the head basketball coach at the same five schools, amassing a career college basketball mark of 8566. In addition he served as the head baseball coach at Rhode Island State and at Lehigh, tallying a career college baseball record of 32251. From 1916 to 1920, Baldwin was the athletic director at Rhode Island while he coached three sports... (wikipedia)

The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.

When a man asks himself what is meant by action he proves that he isn't a man of action. Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

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.

People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.

James A. Baldwin Quotes

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