Just Detach From False Mental Objects And Be Enlightened…

Some paradox of our natures leads us, when once we have made our fellow men the objects of our enlightened interest, to go on…

— Lionel Trilling

You know, it's hard sometimes to just detach yourself from what you're doing.

— Katey Sagal

Phony gurus make themselves objects of adoration and worship. Real spiritual teachers aren't interested in adoration and worship. They like respect only because they…

— Frederick Lenz

I want to engage people in an honest, enlightened, and provocative conversation about the nature of erotic desire and the intricacies of intimacy and…

— Esther Perel

For I did not know that the soul needs to be enlightened by light from outside itself, so that it can participate in truth,…

— Saint Augustine

We do not have to be ashamed of what we are. As sentient beings we have wonderful backgrounds. These backgrounds may not be particularly…

— Chogyam Trungpa

So too, monks, I saw the ancient path, the ancient road traveled by the Perfectly Enlightened Ones of the past. And what is that…

— Gautama Buddha

The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all.

— Zhuangzi

“The more that the human mind is enlightened, the more desirous it becomes of farther acquisitions in knowledge. The”

— Alexander Stewart

I think enlightenment is something that you decide to do after you have met someone who is enlightened. Something touches your heart, your being…

— Frederick Lenz

Our attitude towards evil must be freed from hatred, and has itself need to be enlightened in character...Satan rejoices when he succeeds in inspiring…

— Nikolai Berdyaev

“Through the grace of a thief, one can become a thief and through the grace of a Gnani [the enlightened one], one can become…

— Dada Bhagwan

Now the stage today is to know that Self Realization gives you experiences and then your faith is established. Not blind but open enlightened…

— Nirmala Srivastava

Enlightened people live in very charged states of attention, with a tremendous power circuiting through them.

— Frederick Lenz

An enlightened awareness is within each one of us, right at this moment. This enlightened awareness is truly unborn and marvellously illuminating; and everything…

— Bankei Yotaku