Nathaniel Moore

“Words like “freedom,” “justice,” “democracy” are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual effort to arrive at the respect for other people that these words imply. --“The Crusade of Indignation,” in Nation”
― James Baldwin, Memorable Quotations: James Baldwin

“Noah was a drunk, David was a murderer and an adulterer, Peter was a coward, Judas was a backstabber, Jacob was a liar, Samson was a womanizer, Rahab was a prostitute, Elijah was suicidal, Moses had low self-esteem, and the Samaritan woman had multiple husbands…so what’s your excuse?”
― Lynn R. Davis, Deliver Me From Negative Self-Talk: A Guide to Speaking Faith-Filled Words

“We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours. --“The Crusade of Indignation,” in Nation (New York, 7 July 1956; repr. in The Price of the Ticket, 1985)     It”
― James Baldwin, Memorable Quotations: James Baldwin

“he breaks away as I did from the life he knows, and ventures forth into the wonderful mystic twilight land where lie the great adventures and the great rewards.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World