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Religion is a search for transcendence. But transcendence isnt nec

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

Other quotes by Karen Armstrong

Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they dont want to give up their egotism. They want their religion to endorse their ego, their identity. – Karen Armstrong

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Religion
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Karen Armstrong
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A theology should be like poetry, which takes us to the end of what words and thoughts can do. – Karen Armstrong

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Poetry
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Karen Armstrong
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When violence becomes imbedded in a region, then this affects everything. It affects your dreams, your fantasies and relationships, and your religion becomes violent, too. – Karen Armstrong

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Dreams
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Karen Armstrong
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There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples my philosophy is kindness. – Dalai Lama

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Religion

I know its very idealistic and utopian, but I believe we need to just let everyone not be judged in terms of religion, groups or nations or region. – Shahrukh Khan

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Religion

Our nation and those of the developed world must offer our own resistance to despot leaders who seek to commit murder on the basis of religion or race. – Tim Bishop

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Religion

The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive superstition. They believe that science has left atheism as the only respectable intellectual stance. – Robert Bork

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Religion

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Unfortunately, President Obamas failed policies of new regulations, higher taxes, and Obamacare and his anti-business rhetoric have hit Hispanics especially hard. Big government really hurts those who are trying to make it. – Marco Rubio

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