Enlightenment Quotes

“Full minds create chaos.”

— David W. Jones

The sun is but a morning star.

— Henry David Thoreau

The nature of things is dharma.

— Mahavira

“Fears hide within fears…”

— Jacqueline Ripstein

Quality is the Buddha.

— Robert M. Pirsig

“Bhagavad Gita as a great”

— Vishnuvarthanan Moorthy

I never say I am a guru.

— Paulo Coelho

What you think you become.

— Gautama Buddha

I've never met anyone who's serious about enlightenment.

— Frederick Lenz

“The only education is enlightenment.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Rapture is the gateway to nirvana.

— Sharon Salzberg

Our buddha nature is as good as any buddha’s buddha nature.

— Sogyal Rinpoche

“Forgiveness is a skill gained by those willing to change.”

— Grace Sara

Buddhism is not a creed, it is a doubt.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.

— Bodhidharma

Enlightenment is the crown jewel of spirituality.

— Senoraroy

“The figure of Shakyamuni Buddha lying on his side to die is known as the “nirvana figure.”

— Soko Morinaga

God then made the first woman, not directly out of his own substance, but from Adam's rib. Her purpose was to serve…

— Frederick Lenz

The Buddha takes no position on gods, he suggests they may exist or they may not, but either way you can live…

— Robert M. Pirsig

Women have been denied access to advanced methods of self discovery throughout the ages.

— Frederick Lenz

“The first step towards true enlightenment is to lighten up on yourself.”

— Bashar

Enlightenment is represented by Sri Krishna, who is said to be an avatar.

— Frederick Lenz

Enlightenment says the world is nothing Nothing but a dream, everything's an illusion And nothing is real.

— Van Morrison

What is a woman? A woman is chaos. Chaos is the naturally perfect state of all things.

— Frederick Lenz

The social repression and ideological repression of women began with depriving them of education, political decisiveness, mobility and essentially creating sexual slavery.

— Frederick Lenz

“The European prosperity driven by silver and Atlantic trade was the context of the rationalizing assertions of Enlightenment thinkers.”

— John Tutino

The idea of the Bodhisattva is the one who out of his realization of transcendence participates in the world. The imitation of…

— Joseph Campbell

The mandalas were meant to be objects of contemplation, aids to meditation, their proportions magically balanced to purify and calm the mind.…

— Douglas Preston

“Truly experiencing the Principle Oneness is all about recognizing and allowing meaningful, loving connections with your broader self. Enlightenment is realizing you…

— Russell Anthony Gibbs

Being on the path means we again meditate with joy. We deal with the suffering of life and the pain of existence…

— Frederick Lenz

One of the greatest mistakes that people make who pursue self-discovery is they neglect to develop their careers. There is a popular…

— Frederick Lenz

SAUCE, n. The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment. A people with no sauces has one thousand vices; a people with…

— Ambrose Bierce

“So this is where all the vapid talk about the 'soul' of the universe is actually headed. Once the hard-won principles of…

— Christopher Hitchens

“You aren’t actually a someone, a person, who is conscious. You are the awake space of awareness itself, within which all the…

— Enza Vita

“Know then thyself, presume not God to scan, The proper study of mankind is Man. Placed on this isthmus of a middle…

— Alexander Pope

“Tri-guna appears in discourse of Krishna prominently, To Arjun upon the battlefield of Kurukshetra clearly; That the backdrop for the Bhagwat Gita…

— Munindra Misra

“A person has all sorts of lags built into him, Kesey is saying. One, the most basic, is the sensory lag, the…

— Tom Wolfe

“The greatest challenge in life is to be our own person and accept that being different is a blessing and not a…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“We are so fascinated by the complexity and beauty of the various forms in nature, that we have been led away from…

— Joseph P. Kauffman

“if you know anything about Buddhism, you will know that the most important point is to be yourself and not try to…

— Jon Kabat-Zinn