#selflessness — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #selflessness, aggregated by home.social.
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Town’s Beloved Santa Claus Delivers a Very Special Present to Someone in Need–His Donated Kidney
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A quotation from Hannah Arendt
The disturbing factor in the success of totalitarianism is rather the true selflessness of its adherents: it may be understandable that a Nazi or Bolshevik will not be shaken in his conviction by crimes against people who do not belong to the movement or are even hostile to it; but the amazing fact is that neither is he likely to waver when the monster begins to devour its own children, and not even if he becomes a victim of persecution himself, if he is framed and condemned, if he is purged from the party and sent to a forced-labor or concentration camp. On the contrary, to the wonder of the whole civilized world, he may even be willing to help in his own prosecution and frame his own death sentence if only his status as a member of the movement is not touched.
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist
Origins of Totalitarianism, Part 3, ch. 10 “A Classless Society,” sec. 1 (1951)More about this quote: wist.info/arendt-hannah/42025/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #arendt #hannaharendt #belonging #fanatic #fanaticism #identity #loyalty #movement #partisan #selfdestruction #selfpreservation #selflessness #totalitarianism #tribalism #zealotry
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Was reading a book and stumbled upon this quote, decided to add my insight.
#usenickunleashed #selflessness #selfishness #ego #philosophy #psychology
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Hey, wanna play game? "YES!" It's about voting... "Er.." There's also reading to do... "..." Hello? #VeilOfIgnorance #JohnRawls #GameDev #Unity #Elections #Voting #Politics #Selfishness #Selflessness
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Waitress Has Fed 270,000 Meals to Homeless Floridians Thanks to a Family That Gives Their All
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Retired Cop Rehabs Bus into Mobile Laundry: He Now Washes Clothes for the Homeless
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If, @qkslvrwolf, after Biden ended his candidacy, Biden also would have quit as president, then Pres. Kamala Harris would have become our first female president, and she could have won more votes by showing voters what she could accomplish as president before Election Day. Biden was too selfish to give Kamala Harris that chance.
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The taint hidden in selflessness is that selflessness is the only moral justification of ruthlessness.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 142 (1955)More info about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/79964/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #mercilessness #greatergood #principle #ruthlessness #selflessness
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‘God is blessing me so I can bless others’ Woman Donates Lottery Winnings to Charities
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@rzeta0 which I duly did, having seen organisations that were one person’s “territory” fade and die when the linchpin ran out of new ideas or lost touch with the developing zeitgeist. PyCon was far too precious to become a fiefdom.
Which reminds me, I believe our thanks are due to Marc Andre Lemburg (unless he knows better) for transferring the PyCon.org domain to the PSF when he could have easily held it to ransom. #PyConEthos #sharing #community #selflessness
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Marginalized folks have been doing this all along. Linking elbows and standing up for each other. Those of us with privilege need to level up our game. Now, more than ever.
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Contemplate Dao De Jing Chapter 77: "Who can take their own superabundance and use it to serve all under heaven?" A profound question for selfless leadership! 🌌✨ #Daoism #Wisdom #Philosophy #Selflessness #Leadership https://www.sage.blue/dao-de-jing-77/
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In another way,
LOVE = GOD(x)
Is that better?
Where x could equal something different for everyone on the planet.
My hope is that there's enough people left on the planet that feel strong enough not to be exploited by those that believe otherwise.
That is, those who's God is not of Love, but of what many would presume, #Evil
Please don't tell me what I'm in denial of.
Thank you.
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Dao De Jing – 77 poses a profound question: who can utilize their own abundance to serve all under heaven? 🌌💫 #Daoism #Wisdom #Philosophy #Selflessness #Harmony https://www.sage.blue/dao-de-jing-77/
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Clip 8: “#SuckersAndLosers” #Trump’s lack of understanding of #selflessness & #sacrifice, & why anyone would ever serve in the #military.
from Mike Schmidt’s interview w/ #JohnKelly.
8/9
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‘The Gosling Effect’ isn’t about Ryan, the Canadian actor.
It’s about the power of altruism, and the impact of Kevin Gosling, an ordinary Canadian who made a decision to make an anonymous donation of a part of his liver. His persistence changed the health care system and the way unrelated organ donors are viewed.
He is however an uncle to Ryan, in the very large Gosling extended family.
A comprehensive feature from The Ottawa Citizen reports on the transformative impact of Kevin Gosling and the others donors for whom he cleared the path.
‘A total of 2,936 organ transplants were performed in Canada in 2022. Eighty per cent of those transplants used deceased donor organs and 20 per cent used living donor organs. Fifty-two per cent of those living donors were related to the recipient. Forty-eight per cent were unrelated. . .
. . . And yet, outside of Canada, there is still a lack of understanding of how someone can be willing to give part of their organ to a complete stranger.
Dr. Nazia Selzner, who is the medical director of the live donor liver transplantation program at UHN, said she is frequently asked when he travels the world: “What is wrong with these people that they want to help someone else and go through a major surgery?”’
https://ottawacitizen.com/feature/the-gosling-effect
#Altruism #Good #GoodDeeds #GoodNews #RyanGosling #Canada #Ontario #OrganDonors #OrganDonation #HealthCare #Liver #Kidney #HealthCareSystem #Caring #Altruistic #Selflessness #Kindness
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Dao De Jing – 77 poses a profound question: who can utilize their own abundance to serve and benefit all under heaven? 🌏💖 #Daoism #Wisdom #Philosophy #Selflessness #Harmony https://www.sage.blue/dao-de-jing-77/
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If you weren’t available to watch #POTUS #Biden selflessly pass #power to the #NextGeneration, those who will suffer the consequences of the government’s decisions made today, here’s a recorded link:
https://www.youtube.com/live/g7yNmNOuaWY?si=NvFxvJIxPM9odj9n
#grace #patriotism #bravery #love #selflessness #hero #awareness #law #democracy #Biden #POTUS #Harris2024
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🌳 "The true meaning of life is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit." 🌱
Selflessness and long-term vision should always guide you.
Let's sow seeds of positivity, kindness, and sustainability for future generations.
#MeaningOfLife #PlantTrees #Selflessness #Sustainability #LegacyBuilding #QuotesToLiveBy #Wisdom #LongTermVision 🌿
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It's called "mankind" because #humans are naturally prone to being selfless and caring. The greedy ones are an anomaly and need to pay their fair share.
#mankind #humankind #greed #selflessness #TheRich #rich #selfishness #sharing #Communism
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“The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted, yet everyone takes the happy person for granted. No one is careful of his feelings or tries to keep his spirits high. He seems self-sufficient; he becomes a cushion for others. And because happiness seems unforced, that person usually gets no credit.” ~ Gretchen Rubin
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Rishi Sunak may be a a wazzock but he has just reminded us all that, since 1995, those in Public Office should follow the Seven Principles of Public Office, AKA the Nolan Principles, first set out by Lord Nolan following the 1994 Cash for Questions scandal
#Selflessness
#Integrity
#Objectivity
#Accountability
#Openness
#Honesty
#Leadership
#UKPolitics
