You do not need to do anything first to be enlightened.

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