The best way to lift one's self up is to help someone else.

Booker T. Washington

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Topic

Helping others Cooperation and collaboration Personal growth

Author

Booker T. Washington

Source

The Story of My Life and Work

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1900 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Civil rights activist Educator Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Washington, Booker T. The Story of My Life and Work. W. H. Ferguson Co., 1900.

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The philosophy which is so important in each of us is not a technical matter; it is our more or less dumb sense of what life honestly and deeply means. It is only partly got from books; it is our individual way of just seeing and feeling the total push and pressure of the cosmos.

William James

Pragmatism

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Worldview Meaning of life

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William James
Source
Pragmatism
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1906 1900s 20th century
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Original Citation

James, William. "The Present Dilemma in Philosophy." Nov. 1906, Lowell Institute, Boston, MA, USA. Lecture.

Current Citation

James, William. "The Present Dilemma in Philosophy." Pragmatism. Dover Publications, 2018.

Another quote about Personal growth

There can be no progress (real, that is, moral) except in the individual and by the individual himself.

Charles Baudelaire

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Topic
Personal growth Nature of progress Progress

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Charles Baudelaire
Language
French
Time
1867 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Baudelaire, Charles. Mon Coeur mis a nu [My Naked Heart]. Paris, 1887, no. 15.

Current Citation

Baudelaire, Charles. "My Heart Laid Bare." Late Fragments: Flares, My Heart Laid Bare, Prose Poems, Belgium Disrobed, translated by Richard Sieburth. Yale University Press, 2022, no. 15.

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For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Jesus

Matthew 16:25

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Martyrdom Salvation
Speaker
Jesus
Source
Gospel of Matthew The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
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Statement Type
Paradox
Language
Greek
Time
60 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 16:25).