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Karen Armstrong Quotes

Compassion is not feeling sorry for others. It’s not soft. It requires an intellectual effort Picture Quote #1

Compassion doesn’t, of course, mean feeling sorry for people, or pity, which is how the word has become emasculated in a way Picture Quote #1

All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering Picture Quote #1

Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day Picture Quote #1

I have a very sharp tongue, I’m very impatient, and it’s a lifelong struggle Picture Quote #1

I like silence; I’m a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness Picture Quote #1

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If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we’ve got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life Picture Quote #1

Pain is something that’s common to human life. When we ignore it, we aren’t engaging in the whole reality, and the pain begins to fester Picture Quote #1

We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity Picture Quote #1

Religious ideas and practices take root not because they are promoted by forceful theologians, nor because they can be shown to have a sound historical or rational basis, but because they are found in practice to give the faithful a sense of sacred transcendence Picture Quote #1

Compassion has been advocated by all the great faiths because it has been found to be the safest and surest means of attaining enlightenment. It dethrones the ego from the center of our lives and puts others there, breaking down the carapace of the selfishness that holds us back from an experience of the sacred. And it gives us ecstasy, broadening our perspectives and giving us a larger, enhanced vision Picture Quote #1

When the horror recedes and the world resumes its normal shape, you cannot forget it. You have seen what is really there, the empty horror that exists when the consoling illusion of our mundane experience is stripped away, so you can never respond to the world in quite the same way again Picture Quote #1

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Compassion is not feeling sorry for others. It’s not soft. It requires an intellectual effort (Karen Armstrong Quotes) Compassion doesn’t, of course, mean feeling sorry for people, or pity, which is how the word has become emasculated in a way (Karen Armstrong Quotes) All religions are designed to teach us how to live, joyfully, serenely, and kindly, in the midst of suffering (Karen Armstrong Quotes) Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day (Karen Armstrong Quotes) I have a very sharp tongue, I’m very impatient, and it’s a lifelong struggle (Karen Armstrong Quotes) I like silence; I’m a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness (Karen Armstrong Quotes) If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we’ve got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life (Karen Armstrong Quotes) Pain is something that’s common to human life. When we ignore it, we aren’t engaging in the whole reality, and the pain begins to fester (Karen Armstrong Quotes) We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity (Karen Armstrong Quotes) Religious ideas and practices take root not because they are promoted by forceful theologians, nor because they can be shown to have a sound historical or rational basis, but because they are found in practice to give the faithful a sense of sacred transcendence (Karen Armstrong Quotes) Compassion has been advocated by all the great faiths because it has been found to be the safest and surest means of attaining enlightenment. It dethrones the ego from the center of our lives and puts others there, breaking down the carapace of the selfishness that holds us back from an experience of the sacred. And it gives us ecstasy, broadening our perspectives and giving us a larger, enhanced vision (Karen Armstrong Quotes) When the horror recedes and the world resumes its normal shape, you cannot forget it. You have seen what is really there, the empty horror that exists when the consoling illusion of our mundane experience is stripped away, so you can never respond to the world in quite the same way again (Karen Armstrong Quotes)

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