“Mastery is the breeding ground of fresh, creative passion.”— Mollie Marti Related Quotes “[T]he family is a school of compassion because it is here that we learn to live with other people. (68)”— Karen Armstrong “I loved reading the Dalai Lama’s words: “My religion is loving-kindness.” I realized that meant loving-kindness to everyone in my life: past, present, and future; and that meant loving-kindness to myself–in my pain, in my jealousy, in my fear.”— Elizabeth Kim “The ability to be tough-minded remains useful; but by now, the fact that we are all in trouble in terms of both nature and culture can only be denied by those who become overly conservative and blindly reactionary. The more tender-hearted imagination that suggests we are all in this together and that there must be an underlying unity in life may be the only way to survive.”— Michael Meade