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> [Only love expands intelligence. To live in love is to accept the other and the conditions of his existence as a source of richness, not as opposition, restriction or limitation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humberto-maturana/only-love-expands-intelligence-to-live-in-love-is-to-accept-the-other/)

[Humberto Maturana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humberto-maturana/)

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## More by Humberto Maturana

> [The training is a set of interpersonal interactions that lead to emotional and intellectual experiences that provide a circumstance and an intrument for self…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humberto-maturana/the-training-is-a-set-of-interpersonal-interactions-that-lead-to/)

[Humberto Maturana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humberto-maturana/)

> [Love is the only emotion that expands intelligence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humberto-maturana/love-is-the-only-emotion-that-expands-intelligence/)

[Humberto Maturana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humberto-maturana/)

> [Everything said is said by someone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humberto-maturana/everything-said-is-said-by-someone/)

[Humberto Maturana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humberto-maturana/)

> [Love is the grounding of our existence as humans and is the basic emotioning in our systemic identity as human beings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humberto-maturana/love-is-the-grounding-of-our-existence-as-humans-and-is-the-basic/)

[Humberto Maturana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humberto-maturana/)

> [Things do not exist until they begin to appear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humberto-maturana/things-do-not-exist-until-they-begin-to-appear/)

[Humberto Maturana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humberto-maturana/)

> [History is a process of transformation through conversation. In our efforts to produce change,we often forget how important it is to pay attention to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humberto-maturana/history-is-a-process-of-transformation-through-conversation-in-our/)

[Humberto Maturana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humberto-maturana/)

> [We say that the words were smooth, caressing, hard, sharp, and so on: all words that refer to body touching. Indeed we can kill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humberto-maturana/we-say-that-the-words-were-smooth-caressing-hard-sharp-and-so-on-all/)

[Humberto Maturana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humberto-maturana/)

> [Only love expands intelligence. To live in love is to accept the other and the conditions of his existence as a source of richness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humberto-maturana/only-love-expands-intelligence-to-live-in-love-is-to-accept-the-other/)

[Humberto Maturana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humberto-maturana/)

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