"Religion is hard work. Its insights are not……" — Karen Armstrong
"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 poetry must be developed."
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105 Quotes by Karen Armstrong
Karen Armstrong has 105 quotes on this site.
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Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They…
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Mohammed was not an apparent failure. He was a dazzling success, politically as well as spiritually, and Islam went from…
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We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about…
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Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all…
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Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a…
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Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which…
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All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering.
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Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day.
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I have a very sharp tongue, I'm very impatient, and it's a lifelong struggle.
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I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.
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Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is…
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Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.
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Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.
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Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working…
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There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise.
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All I know is that history repeats itself and people are going to want to experience the world. But I…
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A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete…
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Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.
— Jacques Barzun
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In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty…
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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance,…
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Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
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Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.
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When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity.
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The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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