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An astounding thing is that, almost every single week, I have met someone from my past. ↗

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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Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great prophets of the past. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#appealed #fact #first #first thing #great

Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder. ↗

— Eberhard Arnold

#eyes #look #lose #object #only

Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is not about opting out of this world, but about enabling us to live more intensely within it. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#beings #both #enabling #extend #human

Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines and that before one can have any comprehension of the loyalty and trust of faith, one must first force one's mind to accept a host of incomprehensible doctrines. But this is to put the cart before the horse. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#any #before #cart #comprehension #doctrines

I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth. ↗

— Neil Armstrong

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There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell them. ↗

— Louis Armstrong

#people #some #some people #tell #them

Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts. ↗

— Desi Arnaz

#his #joe #like #mccarthy #senate

In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand. ↗