"Western liberal humanism is not something that comes……" — Karen Armstrong
"Western liberal humanism is not something that comes naturally to us: like an appreciation of art or poetry, it has to be cultivated. Humanism is itself a religion without God-not all religions, of course, are theistic. Our ethical secular ideal has it's own disciplines of mind and heart and gives people the means of finding faith in the ultimate meaning of human life that were once provided by the more conventional religions."
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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…
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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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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
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Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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