Quote by Karen Armstrong
Today mythical thinking has fallen into disrepute we often dismiss

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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The hajj is one of the five essential practices of Islam when they make the pilgrimage to Mecca, Muslims ritually act out the central principles of their faith. – 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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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

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You are indebted to you imagination for three-fourths of your importance. – David Garrick

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I am not interested in slice of life, what I want is a slice of the imagination. – Carlos Fuentes

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A place makes a deep impression on you when youre young. It lives with you. Its like your childhood. It fertilises the imagination. – Richard Eyre

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When I was on my own in a hotel room in Romania, I had the imagination to keep myself occupied. – Rhona Mitra

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