The intelligent run from poverty, the enlightened flee…

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

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

— Frederick Lenz

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

“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

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

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

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

— Alexander Stewart

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

— Zhuangzi

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

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

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

As a child there was no place for adventure or experimentation. I guess that kind of freedom started in high school with punk rock.…

— Mark McNairy

In dealing with those who share his bed, the enlightened ruler may enjoy their beauty but should not listen to their special pleas...

— Han Fei

“Even when you have been somewhat enlightened by what you have read, you are called upon to continue the serach for significance.”

— Mortimer J. Adler

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