We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity.
Karen ArmstrongThe 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 ArmstrongThe great task of our time is to build a global society, where people can live together in peace
Karen ArmstrongOften when religious leaders come together, they talk about a particular sexual ethic, or an abstruse doctrine, as though this, rather than compassion, was the test of spiritual life.
Karen Armstrong