A DIFFERENT FOUNDATION OF KNOWLEDGE

...[A]nother kind of knowledge is available to us, one that begins in a different passion and is drawn toward other ends. This knowledge can contain just as much sound fact and theory as the knowledge we now possess, but because it springs from truer passion, it works towards truer ends. This knowledge that originates not in curiosity or control but in compassion or love- a source celebrated not in our intellectual tradition but in our spiritual heritage (Parker Palmer, 1983).