Best Karen Armstrong Quotations
- Even though the discples were not aware of it, the presence was with them while they were reviewing the scriptures together on the road. Henceforth,… Absolute
- Jewish, Christian, and Muslim theologians have insisted for centuries that God does not exist and that there is 'nothing' out there; in making these assertions,… Aim
- Respect only has meaning as respect for those with whom I do not agree. Agree
- The only way to show a true respect for God is to act morally while ignoring God’s existence. Act
- Far from being the father of jihad, [Prophet] Mohammad was a peacemaker, who risked his life and nearly lost the loyalty of his closest companions… Closest
- Religious ideas and practices take root not because they are promoted by forceful theologians, nor because they can be shown to have a sound historical… Bases
- [T]he family is a school of compassion because it is here that we learn to live with other people. (68) Compassion
- If it is not tempered by compassion, and empathy, reason can lead men and women into a moral void. (95) Compassion
- Surely it's better to love others, however messy and imperfect the involvement, than to allow one's capacity for love to harden. Allow
- Religion is not about accepting twenty impossible propositions before breakfast, but about doing things that change you. It is a moral aesthetic, an ethical alchemy.… Accepting
- Theology is-- or should be-- a species of poetry,which read quickly or encountered in a hubbub of noise makes no sense. You have to open… Agenda
- If it is written and read with serious attention, a novel, like a myth or any great work of art, can become an initiation that… Any
- He was decisive and wholehearted in everything he did, so intent non the task at hand that he never looked over his shoulder, even if… Al
- Deeds that seemed unimportant at the time would prove to have been momentous; a tiny act of selfishness and unkindness or, conversely, an unconsidered act… Act
- Religion isn’t about believing things. It's ethical alchemy. It’s about behaving in a way that changes you, that gives you intimations of holiness and sacredness. Alchemy
- there is no ascent to the heights without prior descent into darkness, no new life without some form of death. Ascent
- Some people simply bury their heads in the sand and refuse to think about the sorrow of the world, but this is an unwise course,… Bury
- Look into your own heart, discover what it is that gives you pain and then refuse, under any circumstance whatsoever, to inflict that pain on… Any
- Yet a personal God can become a grave liability. He can be a mere idol carved in our own image, a projection of our limited… Assume
- Compassion has been advocated by all the great faiths because it has been found to be the safest and surest means of attaining enlightenment. It… Advocated
- Well, the idea of God as a supreme being means that he is simply like us, writ large, and just bigger and better, the end… Better
- Well, logos is science or reason, something that helps us to function practically and effectively in the world, and it must therefore be closely in… Accurately
- I have nothing maternal in me, and men want to be mothered a lot of the time. Maternal
- Even before 9/11 I was gripped by a sense of dread: our lack of criticism about what we were doing in the Middle East -… Criticism
- In the past some of the most influential Jewish, Christian and Muslim theologians, such as Maimonides, Aquinas and Ibn Sina, made it clear that it… Aquinas
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