"...there is something wrong with any spirituality that……" — Karen Armstrong

"...there is something wrong with any spirituality that does not inspire selfless concern for others"

— Karen Armstrong

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105 Quotes by Karen Armstrong

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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…
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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I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because… — Aristotle
I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house… — Billie Joe Armstrong
In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were… — Karen Armstrong
Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines… — Karen Armstrong
It can't be any simpler: the farewell is going to be on the Champs-Elysees. — Lance Armstrong
I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running… — Neil Armstrong
I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new… — Darren Aronofsky
So long as we have failed to eliminate any of the causes of human despair, we do not have the… — Antonin Artaud
People are definitely a company's greatest asset. It doesn't make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A… — Mary Kay Ash

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