Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

James Baldwin

Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.

Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.

Artists are here to disturb the peace.

Artists are here to disturb the peace.

People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction.

People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction.

Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.

Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.

The place in which I'll fit will not exist until I make it.

The place in which I'll fit will not exist until I make it.

To be black and conscious in America is to be in a constant state of rage.

To be black and conscious in America is to be in a constant state of rage.

You cannot fix what you will not face.

You cannot fix what you will not face.

One cannot deny the humanity of another without diminishing one's own.

One cannot deny the humanity of another without diminishing one's own.

I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.

I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.

If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.

If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.

Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.

Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.

If I had listened to the critics I'd have died drunk in the gutter

If I had listened to the critics I'd have died drunk in the gutter

Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.

Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.

We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.

We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.

It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.

It is easy to be a philosopher in academia, but it is very difficult to be a philosopher in life.

A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.

A man and a woman marry because both of them do not know what to do with themselves.

It's easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.

It's easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.

The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.

The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.