Nobility

Tsiteeri:

It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
- Dag Hammarskjold

How right is this statement?

Shutup clovis

Interesting quote. And quite controversial.

I do not think that giving yourself so completely to an individual is necessarily better than striving to serve the masses. When faces with the blank chasm that is life, it is easy to think "what is the point of all this anyway?" and instead of trying to serve what the masses want, focus on just bringing happiness to those around you, many existential thinkers have thought this way. For me however, i'm not so sure one is better than the other, who is to say it is better to give yourself completely to one, rather than try to serve many? We simply don't have a good way of judging this.

My life philosophy is simple. This is a shity world we all live in, no matter what religion or none-religion you are, we all understand there is a whole lot of shit that happens both in our every day lives, and in the world at large. Now some people use this as an excuse to be nasty, rude, and self centered. But with such a short life span, and the world already as bad as it is, I find it better to just be kind to everyone regardless of circumstances, think about the world from their perspective. And try to serve both the individuals you meet, and the masses to the best of your ability.

Kirjutas Prometheus, 04.05.2016 at 11:12

Interesting quote. And quite controversial.

I do not think that giving yourself so completely to an individual is necessarily better than striving to serve the masses. When faces with the blank chasm that is life, it is easy to think "what is the point of all this anyway?" and instead of trying to serve what the masses want, focus on on just bring happiness to those around you, many existential thinkers have thought this way. For me however, i'm not so sure one is better than the other, who is to say it is better to give yourself completely to one, rather than try to serve many? We simply don't have a good way of judging this.

My life philosophy is simple. This is a shity world we all live in, no matter what religion or none-religion you are, we all understand there is a whole lot of shit that happens both in our every day lives, and in the world at large. Now some people use this as an excuse to be nasty, rude, and self centered. But with such a short life spam, and the world already as bad as it is, I find it better to just be kind to everyone regardless of circumstances, think about the world from their perspective. And try to serve both the individuals you meet, and the masses to the best of your ability.

Masha'a Allah. Great speech

Clovis pls get life

Kirjutas Prometheus, 04.05.2016 at 11:12

life spam

Mmm spam

It's the wrongest shit I've heard in all of atWar, and that's a great fucking achievement.

Kirjutas clovis1122, 04.05.2016 at 10:55

Tsiteeri:

It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
- Dag Hammarskjold

How right is this statement?

I believe that to be impossible in our modern Era, the only way we survive to see 2100 is to stop being selfish and self centered and look twards helping our species as a whole survive, we need to advance rapidly in technology and get off this rock before our number wither the planet away.

Kirjutas Prometheus, 04.05.2016 at 11:12

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and the world already as bad as it is, I find it better to just be kind
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This reminded me on this song

So people I'm askin' you
Let's buy us a boat or two
And here's what we need to do
Help 'em pack, and be kind
Make sure we don't leave
One nigger behind

Kirjutas Helly, 04.05.2016 at 14:10

Kirjutas clovis1122, 04.05.2016 at 10:55

Tsiteeri:

It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
- Dag Hammarskjold

How right is this statement?

I believe that to be impossible in our modern Era, the only way we survive to see 2100 is to stop being selfish and self centered and look twards helping our species as a whole survive, we need to advance rapidly in technology and get off this rock before our number wither the planet away.

Thanks for the reply. I kinda had the same though as you, but since this came up from one of my self-motivation books (Yes Tunder) I though that I had perhaps misread it.

Here is Sean Covey's approach:

Tsiteeri:

Dag Hammarskjold, past Secretary-General of the United Nations, once made a profound, far-reaching statement: "It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses."

I take that to mean that I could devote eight, ten, or twelve hours a day, five, six, or seven days a week to the thousands of people and projects "out there" and still not have a deep, meaningful relationship with my own spouse, with my own teenage son, with my closest working associate. And it would take more nobility of character -- more humility, courage, and strength -- to rebuild that one relationship than it would to continue putting in all those hours for all those people and causes.

In 25 years of consulting with organizations, I have been impressed over and over again by the power of that statement. Many of the problems in organizations stem from relationship difficulties at the very top -- between two partners in a company, between the president and an executive vice-president. It truly takes more nobility of character to confront and resolve those issues than it does to continue to diligently work for the many projects and people "out there."