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“If we could be sure of everyone and everything, trust would have no value”

Book:The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life

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The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life

The Power of Kindness examines the profound impact of kindness on personal well-being and social harmony. It draws on research from psychology, neuroscience, and sociology to illustrate how acts of kindness can lead to improved mental health, stronger relationships, and a more compassionate world. more

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Piero Ferrucci

Piero Ferrucci is a renowned psychotherapist, born on April 23, 1946. His work focuses on helping people improve their mental health and quality of life through psychotherapy. more

“If we live in the here and now, each moment is a surprise, every instant a new wonder. But it often fails to work this way. Onto the present we superimpose our expectations and opinions, based on the past or future. We meet someone, and we already anticipate what he/she will be like and what they will say.”

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Book:The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life--Tenth Anniversary Edition

Source: The Power of Kindness: The Unexpected Benefits of Leading a Compassionate Life--Tenth Anniversary Edition

“Psychosynthesis brings the matter to a point of extreme simplicity, seeing the self as the most elementary and distinctive part of our beings - in other words, its core. This core is of an entirely different nature from all the elements (physical sensations, feelings, thoughts and so on) that make up our personality. As a consequence, it can act as a unifying center, directing those element and bring them into the unity of an organic wholeness.”