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title: "2 Felt Home Quotes By Karen Armstrong"
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> [“I discovered that I felt at home and alive in the silence, which compelled me to enter my interior world and around there. Without the distraction of constant conversation, the words on the page began to speak directly to my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/i-discovered-that-i-felt-at-home-and-alive-in-the-silence-which/)

[Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/)

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> [After a time I found that I could almost listen to the silence, which had a dimension all of its own. I started to attend to its strange and beautiful texture, which of course, it was impossible to express in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/after-a-time-i-found-that-i-could-almost-listen-to-the-silence-which/)

[Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/)

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## More by Karen Armstrong

> [If it is written and read with serious attention, a novel, like a myth or any great work of art, can become an initiation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/if-it-is-written-and-read-with-serious-attention-a-novel-like-a-myth/)

[Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/)

> [A gentleman is not born but crafted. He had to work on himself in the same way as a sculptor shaped a rough stone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/a-gentleman-is-not-born-but-crafted-he-had-to-work-on-himself-in-the/)

[Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/)

> [I was a lousy nun. I couldn't do it. I couldn't find God. It wasn't suitable for me. It is suitable for very few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/i-was-a-lousy-nun-i-couldn-t-do-it-i-couldn-t-find-god-it-wasn-t/)

[Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/)

> [I have become convinced, through my studies, that the only way to achieve a safe, just and viable world is to live by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/i-have-become-convinced-through-my-studies-that-the-only-way-to/)

[Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/)

> [In the past some of the most influential Jewish, Christian and Muslim theologians, such as Maimonides, Aquinas and Ibn Sina, made it clear that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/in-the-past-some-of-the-most-influential-jewish-christian-and-muslim/)

[Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/)

> [The great task of our time is to build a global society, where people can live together in peace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/the-great-task-of-our-time-is-to-build-a-global-society-where-people/)

[Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/)

> [We want to create, never mind the leaders or the bishops or chief rabbis or imams, or Popes. We want to create a grassroots…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/we-want-to-create-never-mind-the-leaders-or-the-bishops-or-chief/)

[Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/)

> [If we don't manage to implement the Golden Rule globally, so that we treat all peoples, wherever and whoever they may be, as though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/if-we-don-t-manage-to-implement-the-golden-rule-globally-so-that-we/)

[Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/)

> [After I left the convent, for 15 years I was worn out with religion, I wanted nothing whatever to do with it. I felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/after-i-left-the-convent-for-15-years-i-was-worn-out-with-religion-i/)

[Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/)

> [“As we have seen, so many of the things we once took for granted have proved unreliable that we may have to “forget” old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/as-we-have-seen-so-many-of-the-things-we-once-took-for-granted-have/)

[Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/)

> [Yet a personal God can become a grave liability. He can be a mere idol carved in our own image, a projection of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/yet-a-personal-god-can-become-a-grave-liability-he-can-be-a-mere-idol/)

[Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/)

> [“I discovered that I felt at home and alive in the silence, which compelled me to enter my interior world and around there. Without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/i-discovered-that-i-felt-at-home-and-alive-in-the-silence-which/)

[Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/)

> [Each of the world religions has its own particular genius, its own special insight into the nature and requirements of compassion, and has something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/each-of-the-world-religions-has-its-own-particular-genius-its-own/)

[Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/)

> [“all rightly guided religion that submitted wholly to God, refused to worship man-made deities and preached that justice and equality came from the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/all-rightly-guided-religion-that-submitted-wholly-to-god-refused-to/)

[Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/)

> [“advocates of evolutionary theory since Thomas H. Huxley (1825–95) have found altruism problematic.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/advocates-of-evolutionary-theory-since-thomas-h-huxley-1825-95-have/)

[Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/)

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