The Book of Kindness

Submitted by Meteor Man on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 3:31pm

This may be a good time to reflect on mankind's better nature. Five excerpts from Chapter 2: Importance of Kindness to Civilization:

Civilization is just a slow process of learning to be kind. Charles L. Lucas

. . . the real law lives in the kindness of our hearts. If our hearts are empty, no law or political reform can fill them. Leo Tolstoy

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time. Marion Wright Edelman

A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world. Mohammed

It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find out asst the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than "Try to be a little kinder." Aldous Huxley

http://www.oceantree.com/books/kin.html

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Submitted by cindyoh on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 7:58pm

Please include the other 51 % of us_ we are all HUMANKIND not just MANkind.

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Submitted by Ellen North on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 11:30pm

Thanks! Good place to post about kindness, although I suspect that you're preaching to the choir, lol.

Speaking of the importance of kindness:

I just signed a petition to support working people at the Trump Taj Mahal who are on strike to protect their jobs.

First, Donald Trump bankrupted the property while extracting millions. Then, Carl Icahn—a Wall Street billionaire and a Trump buddy—took it over. Through the bankruptcy process, working people were stripped of their health care and even their paid breaks. In all, workers have seen a 35% cut in their pay and benefits.

Will you sign the petition, too?

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stand-with-striking-trump-taj-mahal-...

Vote against both evils - unless Bernie pulls off a miracle, vote Green! For the sake of democracy and survival.

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Psychopathy is not a political position, whether labeled 'conservatism', 'centrism' or 'left'.

A tin labeled 'coffee' may be a can of worms or pathology identified by a lack of empathy/willingness to harm others to achieve personal desires.

Submitted by frogsandtoads on Sat, 07/09/2016 - 11:30pm

...whether the message is, perhaps, more important than the semantics.

Thank you for the message, Meteor Man.

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Submitted by featheredsprite on Sun, 07/10/2016 - 9:45am
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why not phrase it in an inclusive manner? Wouldn't that be kinder?

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