Quote by Karen Armstrong
Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as

Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating, disgraceful, helpless death. – Karen Armstrong

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Today mythical thinking has fallen into disrepute we often dismiss it as irrational and self-indulgent. But the imagination is also the faculty that has enabled scientists to bring new knowledge to light and to invent technology that has made us immeasurably more effective. – Karen Armstrong

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Imagination
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Religion is a search for transcendence. But transcendence isnt necessarily sited in an external god, which can be a very unspiritual, unreligious concept. – Karen Armstrong

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Religion
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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

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It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living. – Eric Hoffer

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The American people are not just being taxed to death theyre being taxed after death. But, no one should have to sell the lifes work of a parent or a loved one just to pay the federal government. – J. D. Hayworth

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Death

Even when youre making a movie about life, death is a presence, and I guess its part of my dramatic viewpoint. Im not sure why exactly. Maybe Im drawn to it as a story element. – Gus Van Sant

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Death

As a kid, all I thought about was death. – Maurice Sendak

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Ive said my patience is not infinite. – Darrell Issa

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On the other hand, if the free world is concerned with how a new Palestinian leader governs, then the peace process will have a real chance to succeed. – Natan Sharansky

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What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know. – Saint Augustine

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