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Karen Armstrong

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If it is not tempered by compassion, and empathy, reason can lead men and women into a moral void. (95)


— Karen Armstrong


#compassion #empathy #immorality #morality #reason

[T]he family is a school of compassion because it is here that we learn to live with other people. (68)


— Karen Armstrong


#family #humanity #life #living #family

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


— Karen Armstrong


#religion #religion

there is no ascent to the heights without prior descent into darkness, no new life without some form of death.


— Karen Armstrong


#life #death

There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have bad religion too.


— Karen Armstrong


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A theology should be like poetry, which takes us to the end of what words and thoughts can do.


— Karen Armstrong


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Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.


— Karen Armstrong


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At the beginning of the twentieth century, every single leading Muslim intellectual was in love with the west, and wanted their countries to look just like Britain and France.


— Karen Armstrong


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Now I think one of the reasons why religion developed in the way that it did over the centuries was precisely to curb this murderous bent that we have as human beings.


— Karen Armstrong


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All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering.


— Karen Armstrong


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About Karen Armstrong






Did you know about Karen Armstrong?

She is in demand as a speaker on the Abrahamic tradition; in the last decade increasing interest in and debate surrounding Islamic issues has brought her even wider visibility. She first rose to prominence in 1993 with her book A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism Christianity and Islam. When Karen Armstrong spoke out of turn Karen Armstrong claims Karen Armstrong was forced to sew at a treadle machine with no needle for a fortnight.

Armstrong received the $100000 TED Prize in February 2008. Her work focuses on commonalities of the major religions such as the importance of compassion and the Golden Rule.

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