Knowledge is power, they say, and what is good is what can be accessed and measured at any time - especially in economic terms. We live in a world of numbers and formulas, time is money, and success is purely material. In the face of the crisis, it becomes clear what monstrous idols we are sacrificing to. Former Benedictine monk and bestselling author Anselm Bilgri reminds our knowledge and information society of a different ideal of education: the cultivation of the heart. The focus is on the social, emotional, communicative, religious, and artistic abilities of human beings. The cultivation of the heart is not immediately goal-oriented but aims at the development of personality and the shaping of our essence. Thus, what the ancient philosophers understood as happiness becomes possible. "Cultivation of the Heart" - now available again from Piper Edition.