Voice of the Day: Karen Armstrong

"There are times when you have to speak out against injustice and cruelity. But if you speak--and this is what Ghandi said--in order to punish or wound, you will do more harm than good. The Dalai Lama said that to condemn injustice with hatred in your voice will make the injustice worse. A lot of fundamentalist spirituality is rooted in fear, and when we attack, they become more extreme. So it does no good to attack visciously. The thing to do is not rise to the bait." - Karen Armstrong from an interview in The Believer June 2012 + Sign up to receive our quote of the day via e-mail