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I salute the man who is going through life always helpful, knowing no fear, and to whom aggressiveness and resentment are alien. Such is the stuff of which the great moral leaders are made who proffer consolation to mankind in their self-created miseries.

[Heil dem Manne, der stets helfend durchs Leben ging, keine Furcht kannte und dem jede Aggressivität und jedes Ressentiment fremd war! Von solchem Holz sind die Idealgestalten geschnitzt, die der Menschheit Trost bieten in den Situationen selbstgeschaffenen Leidens.]

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) German-American physicist
Essay (1953-05-23), “Aphorisms for Leo Baeck [Neun Aphorismen], No. 1, Essays Presented to Leo Baeck on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday (1954) [Einstein Archives 28-962]

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Einstein, Albert - Essay (1953-05-23), "Aphorisms for Leo Baeck [Neun Aphorismen], No. 1, Essays Presented to Leo Baeck on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday (1954) [Einstein Archives 28-962] | WIST Quotations

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A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

We must show by our behavior that we believe in equality and justice and that our religion teaches faith and love and charity to our fellow men. Here is where each of us has a job to do that must be done at home, because we can lose the battle on the soil of the United States just as surely as we can lose it in any one of the countries of the world.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) First Lady of the US (1933–1945), politician, diplomat, activist
India and the Awakening East, Conclusion (1953)

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A quotation from Josh Billings

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-03 “Housekeer’s Guide” (1871 ed.)

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Billings, Josh - Josh Billings' Farmer's Allminax, 1871-03 "Housekeer's Guide" (1871 ed.) | WIST Quotations

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.

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A quotation from Samuel Johnson

But there is a higher order of men so inspired with ardour, and so fortified with resolution, that the world passes before them without influence or regard: these ought to consider themselves as appointed the guardians of mankind: they are placed in an evil world, to exhibit publick examples of good life; and may be said, when they withdraw to solitude, to desert the station which Providence assigned them.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1754-01-19), The Adventurer, No. 126

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Joe Noonan Oct 17, 2025

President Michael D Higgins receives the inaugural Medal of Excellence from the Law Society for his exceptional contribution to promoting justice and cultivating a society grounded in fairness, inclusion and equality. @president.ie #Áras25 #Exemplar #JustSociety

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Greem (Graeme. Not Graham!)Sep 11, 2025

This morning we had a report of an important system not working properly.

Tracking back to yesterday afternoon, a colleague made a change to bring that system back into compliance with our managed config (this happens all the time) but that broke it.

In our whole-dept Incidents chat where it was being discussed, they explained what they did, why, and accepted the responsibility.

An exemplar to some colleagues who always obfuscate their responsibilities!

#sysadmin #noego #exemplar

Ecologistes en Acció Jun 28, 2025

Avui #28J, hem omplert St.Jaume per cridar "NO A L'AMPLIACIO".
Èxit de participació a la primera de les accions ciutadanes davant del despropòsit.
GRÀCIES per participar-hi!!
No ens ha aturat ni l'onada de calor.
Al moment de llençar l'avió de paper, la gent ha sortit de la zona d'ombra🥰 #exemplar
Som-hi amb @zeroportbcn 💪💪
Per un altre model econòmic i de mobilitat #éspossible

Malte M. Werfel Mar 16, 2025

#Maltes_Aussonderung

Das Paket für die nächste Aktion vorbereitet. Diesmal ist die Stadtteilbibliothek wohl offen und bekommt die erste Chance.

Allerdings: Ich habe die Bücher geprüft, sie sind im #vöbb schon vorhanden: https://www.voebb.de/

Wenn der vöbb, die bücher also nicht nimmt, gibt es einen guten Grund: warum das dritte #Exemplar vorhalten?

Als gehts 100 Schritte weiter zu #oxfam

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WIST Quotations moves again!Nov 5, 2024

A quotation from Eisenhower, Dwight David:

«
The best foreign policy is to live our daily lives in honesty, decency, and integrity; at home, making our own land a more fitting habitation for free men; and abroad, joining with those of like mind and heart, to make of the world a place where all men can dwell in peace.
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/eisenhower-dwight/34314/

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