Quotes by Karen Armstrong, Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life

Explore a curated collection of 5 quotes by Karen Armstrong, Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

[T]he family is a school of compassion because it is here that we learn to live with other people. (68) — Karen Armstrong, Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
If it is not tempered by compassion, and empathy, reason can lead men and women into a moral void. (95) — Karen Armstrong, Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
Humiliate your enemy is dangerous. — Karen Armstrong, Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
Compassion dervies from the Latin patiri and the Greek pathein, meaning "to suffer, undergo or experience." So "compassi — Karen Armstrong, Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
Saint Augustine … insisted that scripture taught nothing but charity. Whatever the biblical author may have intended, an — Karen Armstrong, Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life