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Up from Slavery

(Dover Thrift Editions)

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the most influential Christian martyrs in history, bequeathed to humanity a legacy of theological creativity and spirituality that continues to intrigue people from a variety of backgrounds. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, a sixteen

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“The wisest among my race understand that agitations of social equality is the extremist folly, and that progress in the enjoyment of all privileges that will come to us must be the result of severe and constant struggle rather than of artificial forcing.”

— Booker T. Washington, amazon.com

Tagged: Wisdom, social equality, Privileges, Struggle

“It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.”

— Booker T. Washington, amazon.com

Tagged: Self-Esteem, Self-Made, Self-Reliance

“No white American ever thinks that any other race is wholly civilized until he wears the white man’s clothes, eats the white man’s food, speaks the white man’s language, and professes the white man’s religion.”

— Booker T. Washington, amazon.com

Tagged: White People, White Americans, White Man, Anti-white Rhetoric

“In my contact with people, I find that, as a rule, it is only the little, narrow people who live for themselves, who never read good books, who do not travel, who never open up their souls in a way to permit them to come into contact with other souls—with the great outside world.”

— Booker T. Washington, amazon.com

Tagged: Reading, Reaching Out

“I would permit no man, no matter what his color might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.”

— Booker T. Washington, amazon.com

Tagged: Hatred, bigotry, skin color

“In order to be successful in any undertaking, I think the main thing is for one to grow to the point where he completely forgets himself; that is, to lose himself in a great cause. In proportion as one loses himself in this way, in the same degree does he get the highest happiness out of his work.”

— Booker T. Washington, amazon.com

Tagged: Success, losing oneself, Happiness

“Great men cultivate love and only little men cherish a spirit of hatred; assistance given to the weak makes the one who gives it strong; oppression of the unfortunate makes one weak.”

— Booker T. Washington, amazon.com

Tagged: Great Men, Love, Hatred, Oppression, charity

“It is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercise of those privileges.”

— Booker T. Washington, amazon.com

Tagged: Privileges, Law

“I early learned that it is a hard matter to convert an individual by abusing him, and that this is more often accomplished by giving credit for all the praiseworthy actions performed than by calling attention alone to all the evil done.”

— Booker T. Washington, amazon.com

Tagged: Conversion, Browbeating, Credit, Evil

“Among a large class, there seemed to be a dependence upon the government for every conceivable thing. The members of this class had little ambition to create a position for themselves, but wanted the federal officials to create one for them. How many times I wished then and have often wished since,…”

— Booker T. Washington, amazon.com

Tagged: Government, Slavery, Magic, Mother Nature

“I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed.”

— Booker T. Washington, amazon.com

Tagged: Success, Optimism, Patience, Naysayers

“The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.”

— Booker T. Washington, amazon.com

Tagged: Happiness, Miserable, Helping Others