Wise Love

Once upon  a time, about 50 years ago, I was confused about love, so I started reading and compiling quotations about love.

     My reading led to collecting 800 pages of quotes I then sorted into different expressions of love:  illusory love; self-love; friendly love; couple and romantic love; family, filial love, love for parents and the elderly; altruistic, platonic, community love; love for culture and nature; love for life and love for the world; and agape, cosmic, universal love for the source and the creation.  

     Compiling quotes for years, I learned more and more about love's many dimensions.  I called the writings Love's Journey, as if it was the Energy of Love journeying in the universe, into the different forms of love: personal, interpersonal, through families and in communities. 

     I saw that the values of empathy, compassion and loving-kindness are built into our institutions of education, health, human services and cultural activities to help people heal, enlighten and grow in loving-kindness.  People have the capacity to care in so many ways.  

     After many years of research and writing, in 2009, I finally published the Love's Journey book as 7 Keys to Love ~ Opening Love’s Door to Joy & Wellbeing.  Many people liked the book very much. You can see their comments below. 

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"Don't pity the dead, Harry. 

Pity the living and, above all, pity those without love." 

 J.K. Rowling

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries.

Without them humanity cannot survive."   

Dalai Lama

"Let's restore our hearts and begin to sow love and forget hate."

Melva Acosta

“Only peace can save the world and only love can create a liveable earth!”
Mehmet Murat ildan

“I love wisdom. And you can never be great at anything unless you love it. Not be in love with it, but love the thing, admire the thing. And it seems that if you love the thing, and you don’t just want to possess it, it will find you.” 

Maya Angelou

 ​"I am so impressed with your book 7 Keys to Love. I read it, then put it down, then read it again. I keep it, not by the bed, but in the bed! Relationships are often tenuous... but you write about the 'ideal' and of course, this is something to be devoutly wished."

Marilyn Michaels

Actress, Vocalist, Humorist

​"The 7 Keys to Love should be mandatory reading for humans! Why isn't this the text book for a class some point between 1st and 12th grade you must take a few times?  If more people read this book, and used the information in their daily living, we would all be a lot happier. I loved this book and it should be a must read for everyone.  Great job Sandy." 

Tom Cavanagh

Vocalist, Musician

"I strongly encourage teens and adults who want to make this world a better place read 7 Keys to Love - Opening Love's Door to Joy &  Well-being.  Sandy will show you how to enrich yourself through finding compassion for yourself and others in your community, and in your circle of family and friends. He shows you how to extend that love to nature and enhance your creativity." 

Mary Donohue, RN, M.S. Ed.

​“Sandy Hinden has written an amazing, powerful, compassionate and important book for our times!  I have been awed, inspired, encouraged, and enlightened by the diversity of his knowledge, experience and insights.  He has produced a masterful, practical, and essential work on Love in all its aspects as a force for Healing in the world.  He has shown that through healing ourselves first through Love, we can go on to heal our personal and work relationships, our communities, and, ultimately, the world.

     Sandy Hinden has combined a deep understanding of psychology and spirituality with a practical hands-on methodology for how to do this.  The years of dedication he has given to work in the areas of world peace, ecology, and non-violent communication has culminated in this wonderful work.

     The title 7 Keys to Love ~ Opening Love's Door to Joy & Well-being truly describes what can happen when we implement these keys.  The Workshops he offers to put these teachings into practice ourselves, in families, in relationships, and in communities are great tools that need to be given around the country and world in schools, churches, community centers, prisons, hospitals, etc.. 

     I am re-reading the book and have ordered ten copies to give to friends and colleagues!”

Dr. Judith Alstadter

Concert Pianist, Music Educator 

Workshop / Retreat Facilitator