People we meet in church, temple or mosque are connected to us in two ways: through shared belief and through shared civic life. Should one of these links falter, the other compensates. And both become sacred through their shared relationship to the divine.
Marc Chevrier
When does the rule of law begin to break the social fabric instead of protecting it?
On February 28, 2008 Karen Armstrong won the TED Prize and made a wish: to help creating, launching and disseminating a Charter for Compassion. Since that day, thousands of people have contributed to the process so that on November 12, 2009 the Charter was unveiled to the world.
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