We should probably all pause to confront our past from time to time, because it changes its meaning as our circumstances alter.
Karen ArmstrongWe are what we are because of the hard work, insights and achievements of countless others.
Karen ArmstrongCompassion is not feeling sorry for others. It's not soft. It requires an intellectual effort.
Karen ArmstrongCompassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion is the key, that it's the sine-qua-non of religion, people look kind of balked, and stubborn sometimes, as much to say, what's the point of having religion if you can't disapprove of other people?
Karen Armstrong