Artificial intelligence is growing up fast, as are robots whose facial expressions can elicit empathy and make your mirror neurons quiver.

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"Who would deduce the dragonfly from the larva, the iris from the bud, the lawyer from the infant? …We are all shape-shifters and magical reinventors. Life is really a plural noun, a caravan of selves."

- Diane Ackerman

Transformation

"I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well."

- Diane Ackerman

Personal Growth

"Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning."

- Diane Ackerman

Learning

"If an event is meant to matter emotionally, symbolically, or mystically, food will be close at hand to sanctify and bind it."

- Diane Ackerman

Connection to Earth

"June orchestrates the symphony of life, reminding us of the interconnectedness and wonder of the natural world."

- Diane Ackerman

Connection to Earth

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"If you don’t share someone’s pain, you can never understand them."

- Nagato

Empathy

"Empathy is being concerned about the human being, not just their output."

- Simon Sinek

Empathy

"Great leaders are willing to be vulnerable and transparent."

- Liz Wiseman

Empathy

"May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had."

- Romans 15:5

Empathy

"I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

- Maya Angelou

Empathy