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Generosity is not a loan to repay or a debt to settle. It's a gift to appreciate. You reciprocate a favor by paying it back. You honor an act of kindness by paying it forward.

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Think like a scientist: treat your opinions as hypotheses and decisions as experiments.

"Authenticity without boundaries is careless. Authenticity without empathy is selfish."

Embrace confident humility: argue like you’re right, listen like you’re wrong.

I don’t think there’s any skill more critical for success than resilience...I think about resilience as the speed and strength of your response to adversity.

Young kids have wider circles of concern than adults. Adults expect people to enjoy the misfortune of groups they dislike. But 3-5-year-olds expect people to care about everyone's suffering. Compassion is an instinct—we don't have to learn it. We need to stop unlearning it.

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O proud philanthropist, your hope is vain
To get by giving what you lost by gain.

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