#crusades

I have learned that the harder you fall…the higher you bounce! ↗

— John Paul Warren

#conferences #crusades #eeaders #inspirational #john-paul

Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have often perceived Islam as a violent and intolerant faith - even though when this prejudice took root Islam had a better record of tolerance than Christianity. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#better #christianity #christians #crusades #east

He knew from experience that true and obvious ideas, such as the ineffable wisdom and judgment of the Great God Om, seemed so obscure to many people that you actually had to kill them before they saw the error of their ways... ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#crusades #humor #missionaries #religion #experience

During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it. ↗

— J. G. Stedman

#during #mad #now #religious #want