Our greatest courage will always be found in the strength, tenderness, wisdom, and compassion of our hearts. My home, inside and out, is filled with Kuan Yin statues, ever reminding me of this greater truth. — Molly
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| Kuan Yin. Photo by Molly |
So many of the models of courage we've had, ones that are still taught to boys and girls, are about going out to slay the dragon, to kill. It's a courage that's born out of fear, anger, and hate. But there's this other kind of courage. It's the courage to risk your life, not in war, not in battle, not out of fear ... but out of love and a sense of injustice that has to be challenged. It takes far more courage to challenge unjust authority without violence than it takes to kill all the monsters in all the stories told to children about the meaning of bravery.
— Riane Eisler
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