“The question of world peace, the question of family peace, the question of peace between wife and husband, or peace between parents and children, everything is dependent on that feeling of love and warmheartedness.” WorldChildrenFeelingsPeaceParentWifeHusbandDependentHusband And WifeChildren And ParentsLove And War Author:Dalai Lama
“If we are at war with our parents, our family, our society, or our church, there is probably a war going on inside us also, so the most basic work for peace is to return to ourselves and create harmony among the elements within us - our feelings, our perceptions, and our mental states. That is why the practice of meditation, looking deeply, is so important.” IfsImportantWarStatesFeelingsPeaceParentChurchWorkFamilyPracticeMeditationSocietyReturnElementsPerceptionHarmonyOur FamilyOur Society Book:Living Buddha, Living Christ 10th Anniversary Edition Source: Living Buddha, Living Christ 10th Anniversary Edition
“What is the use of physicians like myself trying to help parents to bring up children healthy and happy, to have them killed in such numbers for a cause that is ignoble?” TryingChildrenWarHelpingUseCausesPeaceParentNumbersHealthyImperfectPhysiciansIgnobleHealthy And Happy Author:Benjamin Spock
“Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace of the world.” WorldInspirationalChildrenLittlesHomeSeemsTodayMotherPeaceParentChallengesBusinessRichGreaterDevelopmentTerribleRichesAnxiousDisruptionLittle TimeCalcuttaGreat Mother Book:Mother Teresa: Essential Writings Source: Mother Teresa: Essential Writings
“When any relationship is characterized by difference, particularly a disparity in power, there remains a tendency to model it on the parent-child-relationship. Even protectiveness and benevolence toward the poor, toward minorities, and especially toward women have involved equating them with children.” ChildrenPeaceParentDifferencesPoorInvolvedModelsRemainsTendenciesMinoritiesBenevolenceDisparityParent ChildProtectivenessParent Child Relationship Author:Mary Catherine Bateson