Best Karen Armstrong Quotes
- Alas, all traditions lose their primal purity and we all fail our founders. Alas
- 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 people. Few
- Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. Act
- The values of Islam are expressed by Muslims clearly. September 11 changed the world, and put Muslims on the spotlight. Changed
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. Addicted
- In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted to carry weapons,… Angry
- Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines and that before one can… Accept
- Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to fester without a… Allowed
- And sometimes it's the very otherness of a stranger, someone who doesn't belong to our ethnic or ideological or religious group, an otherness that can… Awareness
- Religions don't own compassion; it is a human virtue. Compassion
- Each of the world religions has its own particular genius, its own special insight into the nature and requirements of compassion, and has something unique… Compassion
- ...there is something wrong with any spirituality that does not inspire selfless concern for others Any
- Western liberal humanism is not something that comes naturally to us: like an appreciation of art or poetry, it has to be cultivated. Humanism is… All
- Compassion is not a popular virtue Compassion
- We are what we are because of the hard work, insights and achievements of countless others. Achievement
- Nirvana is something within you. It is not an external reality. No god thunders down from the mountaintop. Just as the great mystics in the… All
- 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 they… All
- There must be no coercion in matters of faith! Coercion
- Religion is hard work. Its insights are not self-evident and have to be cultivated in the same way as an appreciation of art, music, or… Appreciation
- If we could view Muhammad as we do any other important historical figure we would surely consider him to be one of the greatest geniuses… Any
- We are most creative and sense other possibilities that transcend our ordinary experience when we leave ourselves behind. Behind
- Now I think one of the reasons why religion developed in the way that it did over the centuries was precisely to curb this murderous… Beings
- Often when religious leaders come together, they talk about a particular sexual ethic, or an abstruse doctrine, as though this, rather than compassion, was the… Abstruse
- The great task of our time is to build a global society, where people can live together in peace Build
- Compassion is not feeling sorry for others. It's not soft. It requires an intellectual effort. Compassion
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