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Nov 5, 2014
"In separateness lies the world's great misery, in compassion lies the world's true strength." --Albert Schweitzer
The Compassionate Instinct
Although many question whether true compassion exists at all, recent studies are showing that compassion is deeply rooted in our brains, our bodies, and in the most basic ways we communicate. Dacher Keltner -- a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley -- shares more about the compassionate side to human nature in this article.