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Noah Levine • Dharma Punx

As the African-American sage George Washington Carver explained, “Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough.”

Jack Kornfield • Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are

view. For instance, in the mid-1700s David Hume wrote a lot about the “natural benevolence” of human beings. And a century later, even Charles Darwin himself attributed an “instinct of sympathy” to our species. But

Dalai Lama • The Art of Happiness, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Handbook for Living

lowliest organism as well as for man.

Will Durant • The Lessons of History

Wise people don’t just possess information; they possess a compassionate understanding of other people. They know about life.

David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

what almost every culture agrees on across time and place is that wisdom is not wisdom unless it’s based in compassion. And so to truly dance with wisdom, we must come into contact with one another — to learn to understand and love one another.

Rebel Wisdom • A Story to Bind Us: The Intellectual Deep Web and a New Grand Narrative

“We can be knowledgeable with other men’s knowledge, but we can’t be wise with other men’s wisdom.”

Montaigne

A person motivated by love rather than fear will not only obey the letter of the law, but will eagerly seek out new ways to carry out business with transparency and integrity.