Karen Armstrong Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“I believe in holiness and sacredness in other people. It doesn't mean that the clouds part and I see God. That's a juvenile way of thinking about it.”

“In the past some of the most influential Jewish, Christian and Muslim theologians, such as Maimonides, Aquinas and Ibn Sina, made it clear that it was very difficult to speak about God, because when we confront the ultimate, we are at the end of what words or thoughts can do.”

“I was a lousy nun. I couldn't do it. I couldn't find God. It wasn't suitable for me. It is suitable for very few people.”

“The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ.”

“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.”

“Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories.”

“Alas, all traditions lose their primal purity and we all fail our founders.”

“The values of Islam are expressed by Muslims clearly. September 11 changed the world, and put Muslims on the spotlight.”

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

“Buddhists talk about nirvana in very much the same terms as monotheists describe God.”