Quote by Karen Armstrong

Now I think one of the reasons why religion developed in the way that it did over the centuries was precisely to curb this murderous bent that we have as human beings.

Now I think one of the reasons why religion developed in the

Summary

This quote speaks to the belief that religion emerged as a means to restrain and control humanity's innate violent tendencies. It suggests that religion, through its moral principles, rituals, and dogmas, provided a framework for individuals to suppress their destructive urges and promote peaceful coexistence. By establishing guidelines and consequences based on faith, religion aimed to mitigate the instinctual propensity for violence and foster more harmonious relationships within society.

Topics

Religion

By Karen Armstrong

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I'm lucky because my dad taught me to be frugal and save. An

I'm lucky because my dad taught me to be frugal and save. And that's important because I want to know that I don't have to take an acting job for two or three years if I don't want to and that I'll still be able to make my house and car payments and buy food for my dogs.

Car

The idea of the future, pregnant with an infinity of possibi

The idea of the future, pregnant with an infinity of possibilities, is thus more fruitful than the future itself, and this is why we find more charm in hope than in possession, in dreams than in reality.

Time Hope Dream

I think the environment should be put in the category of our

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?

Environmental

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

Abraham Lincoln

Chance Opportunity Doingyourbest Day Preparation

Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the sc

Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Violence

We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most

We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born. The potential people who could have been here in my place but who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Arabia. Certainly those unborn ghosts include greater poets than Keats, scientists greater than Newton. We know this because the set of possible people allowed by our DNA so massively exceeds the set of actual people. In the teeth of these stupefying odds it is you and I, in our ordinariness, that are here.

Richard Dawkins

Death Science Inspirational Wonder

I was supposed to be waiting up here when you got back, only

I was supposed to be waiting up here when you got back, only your Phoenix lot got in the way...Yes, they do that, said Dumbledore.

Humor Funny Sarcasm Dumbledore Malfoy Order Of The Phoenix

Software comes from heaven when you have good hardware.

Software comes from heaven when you have good hardware.

Computers

This life is for loving, sharing, learning, smiling, caring,

This life is for loving, sharing, learning, smiling, caring, forgiving, laughing, hugging, helping, dancing, wondering, healing, and even more loving. I choose to live life this way. I want to live my life in such a way that when I get out of bed in the morning, the devil says, 'aw shit, he's up!

Learning Motivational Inspirational Healing Devil Dancing Caring Helping Forgiving Loving Hugging Laughing Loving Choices

Friday was an important day for Harry and Ron. They finally

Friday was an important day for Harry and Ron. They finally managed to find their way down to the Great Hall without getting lost once.

Harry Potter

The lake and the mountains have become my landscape, my real

The lake and the mountains have become my landscape, my real world.

Georges Simenon

Nature

There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the

There is nothing so unthinkable as thought, unless it be the entire absence of thought.

Thought