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World Quotes by Karen Armstrong
- Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is not about opting out of…
- If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life.
- The values of Islam are expressed by Muslims clearly. September 11 changed the world, and put Muslims on the spotlight.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- When the horror recedes and the world resumes its normal shape, you cannot forget it. You have seen what is really there, the empty horror…
- Alexander's achievement was not the conquest of India, but the feat of actually getting there and his two years in India were more of a…
- When you feel compassion, you dethrone yourself from the centre of the world.
- A God who kept tinkering with the universe was absurd; a God who interfered with human freedom and creativity was a tyrant. If God is…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 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…
More World Quotes
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- The Third World is not a reality but an ideology. — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
- Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm… — Giorgio Armani
- I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between… — Julian Assange
- I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety. — Kevyn Aucoin
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is… — Richard Bach