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“We have barely begun to tap into the genius of our humanity.”

Quote by Jean Houston

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Jean Houston, born on May 10, 1937, is an American author, psychologist, and researcher in human potential. Her work spans various fields including human potential, mythology, leadership, and personal growth. Houston is known for her in-depth research on human potential and her modern interpretations of traditional myths. more

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“Love to me is - the final lines in Dante's Paradiso, when he says, "The love that moves the Sun and all the stars" - it's what draws us together, it's why we have leaky margins with each other. It is that sumptuous, sensuous, sensitive quickening that happens when we really know ourselves as love and see ourselves as loving.”

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“In a world such as ours, where we have to cross the great divide of otherness or we will not survive, love is perhaps the most critical aspect that is there in our humanity, to both activate and to practice.”

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“The more you love, the more loving you become. That's just the way it works. It is a generosity of spirit.”

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“Vulnerable is a catch-all word like "love" and "schizophrenia."”

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“If you travel as much as I do - 165,000 miles last year - you exist nowhere. You're always between heaven and earth, you're always arriving in a new place, you're always starting from the beginning - talk about origins - and you don't know quite what's going to unfold. You live in the unexpected and the inexplicable all the time.”

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“Because of the nature of my life, because I train a great many people, I come upon such a huge variety of human species, as well as the earth species for that matter.”

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