"I had failed to make a gift of…" — Karen Armstrong

"I had failed to make a gift of myself to God."

— Karen Armstrong

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105 Quotes by Karen Armstrong

Karen Armstrong has 105 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They…
Mohammed was not an apparent failure. He was a dazzling success, politically as well as spiritually, and Islam went from…
We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about…
Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all…
Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a…
Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which…
All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering.
Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.
I have a very sharp tongue, I'm very impatient, and it's a lifelong struggle.
I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.
Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is…
Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.

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So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the… — Antonin Artaud
We never had planned to hijack a ship. We never thought of any war plans outside the Palestinian lands. We… — Abu Abbas
When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in… — Teresa of Avila
Few expected very much of Franklin Roosevelt on Inauguration Day in 1933. Like Barack Obama seventy-six years later, he was… — Russell Baker
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. — James A. Baldwin
Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law. — James A. Baldwin
Humanity is a failed experiment, but I think I'm God and I'd like to start over. I don't want to… — Roseanne Barr
Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of… — Scott Adams
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. — Samuel Beckett
You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire… — Max Beerbohm
Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one… — Arnold Bennett
Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one… — Ambrose Bierce

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