The family, after all, is the place of not merely biological reproduction, but of social and cultural reproduction. Through families a society and a culture reproduce itself, as one generation passes its values on to the next. No society and no culture will long survive if its fundamental ideas and values are not transmitted intergenerationally through the family. The family is a center of intimacy and love, and through the experience of love within a family we develop our fundamental outlook. The family is the school for the development of heart.
Heart is much greater than ideology, or even religion itself.
It is our most fundamental attitude or disposition toward the world and toward others. This fundamental attitude is shaped by our experience within the family. If we are to build a new culture of peace, therefore, we also need to affirm and encourage the establishment of families which can both embody and transmit a culture of peace. We need families that transmit heart, or, we can say, true love. If God, the universal origin of all life, love, truth and goodness, can form the basis of family life, then a new culture within the family can emerge.