Warren Buffett
He made the biggest charitable donation in history in order to ‘give back to society.’
By Kimberly Winston
In June Warren Buffett, the second-richest man in the world, announced he would give away most of his money to the the foundation of the world's richest man, Bill Gates. Buffett's donation to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest philanthropic gift in U.S. history.
He made the biggest charitable donation in history in order to ‘give back to society.’
By Kimberly Winston
In June Warren Buffett, the second-richest man in the world, announced he would give away most of his money to the the foundation of the world's richest man, Bill Gates. Buffett's donation to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest philanthropic gift in U.S. history.
In giving away his wealth now, Buffett changed his original plans to distribute it after his death--in part to honor his late wife, Susan Thompson Buffett. They were not rich when they married in 1952, he said, but "to the extent we did amass wealth, we were totally in sync about what to do with it--and that was to give it back to society." In the 1960s, he and his wife founded the Susan Thomas Buffett Foundation, and his three children each have their own foundations.
Warren Buffett is in the running for Beliefnet.com's Most Inspiring Person Award for 2006.
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In June Warren Buffett, the second-richest man in the world, announced he would give away most of his money to the the foundation of the world's richest man, Bill Gates. Buffett's donation to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the largest philanthropic gift in U.S. history....
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Parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man Explained
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There was a man in the deserts of Kenya, where they depend on camels for life. He had lost all but two camels do to drought, and would most likely have died, so he asked his neighbour, a stranger, for help. His neighbour gave him a camel even though they too lost many to the drought. Now think about all the homeless living in the street, how many times have you helped them? How many camels have you given?
The Camel really symbolizes the relationship of the two people, and the new bond they now share. A rich man is not measured by the things he owns, but by the relationships he has made.
"I am given love at the price of all else, so I give to be rich" -- Weyewa proverb
The message here is really very simple: help the needy. It's not hard to understand; it's just hard to do.
And the message is continuous one.
It's in the Torah; it's in the Prophets and Psalms; it's in the Gospels; it's in the Epistles. It's all over the place in the Bible.