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Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and t

Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to fester without a resolution, religion got sucked into the escalating cycle of violence and became part of the problem. – Karen Armstrong

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Compassion is a practically acquired knowledge, like dancing. You must do it and practice diligently day by day. – Karen Armstrong

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Knowledge
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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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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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Religion
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Youre always going to have extremists in every religion. – King Abdullah II

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Religion

I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think its interesting. – Patrick Wilson

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Religion

I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world. – Bertrand Russell

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Religion

Im interested in the kind of religion that makes life harder. Im not so interested in the comforting kind of religion. – Jonathan Safran Foer

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Religion

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In an underdeveloped country, don’t drink the water; in a developed country, don’t breathe the air. – Changing Times magazine

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A minority is always compelled to think. That is the blessing of being in the minority. – Leo Baeck

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It is well, when one is judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you with the same godlike and superior impartiality. – Arnold Bennett

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Judging, Judgment

The poem is a little myth of mans capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see-it is, rather, a light by which we may see-and what we see is life. – Robert Penn Warren

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Poetry