Buddhism Quotes · Page 36

Paris is a mighty schoolmaster, a grand enlightener of the provincial intellect.

— Mary Elizabeth Braddon

“Whom does the Grail serve? It serves those who quest despite the odds - for they are the champions of enlightenment.”

— Laurence Gardner

Get real. Life is heavy. It's difficult. It's complex...even for the wise.

— Frederick Lenz

Winning and losing are feelings; something in us knows if we have won or lost.

— Frederick Lenz

I was busy in making a film called 'Buddha in a Traffic Jam' and it consumed two and half years.

— Vivek Agnihotri

If you try to pull too much power through too soon, you will injure yourself.

— Frederick Lenz

Suffering begins to dissolve when we can question the belief or the hope that there's anywhere to hide.

— Pema Chodron

Be humble in order to attain enlightenment. Thus, after attaining it, be more humble still.

— Samael Aun Weor

Since there were others, a long time ago, who were kind enough to give me a hard time and allow me to…

— Frederick Lenz

In Buddhism, there is no place for using effort. Just be ordinary and nothing special. Eat your food, move your bowels, pass…

— Bruce Lee

“A scientist must be a traveller, an explorer. Knowledge comes from experience. ... The path to enlightenment is never linear.”

— Joanne Owen

Perception is the ability to be conscious of self and that which is other than self. Without thinking about it, a distinction…

— Frederick Lenz

From the point of view of enlightenment, none of this has ever even been. All time and space, all the conditions that…

— Frederick Lenz

Remember that it's never a crime in the face of humanity and enlightenment to distribute the works of the great humanists among…

— John Dos Passos

There is no future. There is only now, a continuous now. We have become so wrapped up in the past and the…

— Frederick Lenz

The problem is that the Enlightenment dream may make too many demands on poor African apes like us. We may just not…

— Dale Jamieson

“At the same time, we may not as a culture be fond of old-fashioned supernaturalism, but we certainly like spirituality in whatever…

— N.T. Wright

I bring quadruple diversity to the Senate: I'm a woman; I'll be the first Asian woman ever to be elected to the…

— Mazie Hirono

All of the religions - with the exception of Tibetan Buddhism, which doesn't believe in a heaven - teach that heaven is…

— Barbara Walters

The whole purpose of life is to gain enlightenment. Nothing else is significant compared to that completely natural, exalted state of consciousness.…

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

“True strength. There is no conflict with vulnerability or humility. Indeed, vulnerability and humility are essential here, and ultimately what makes strength…

— Darrell Calkins

I want to find a way of speaking to fellow human beings that will be cool rather than heated, philosophical rather than…

— Anonymous

I'm culturally Jewish but, like most scientists, an atheist: I don't believe there's a God or supernatural world. Buddhism offers guidance on…

— Alison Gopnik

We must therefore turn to history for enlightenment; here we find that none of the proclaimed anarchist groups correspond to the libertarian…

— Murray Rothbard

“Everything we perceive to be solid and static is made up of almost entirely empty space.”

— Joseph P. Kauffman

When you do something half-heartedly, you don't get much of a result. When you do it fully, you get a great result.

— Frederick Lenz

Opinions are secondary when dealing with reality. They're subjective reflections.

— Frederick Lenz

If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism.

— Albert Einstein

Three hundred years ago, during the Age of Enlightenment, the coffee house became the center of innovation.

— Peter Diamandis

I would define the proper use of power as something that creates happiness for yourself and others.

— Frederick Lenz

Enlightenment is the journey back from the head to the heart.

— Ravi Shankar

“2. Enlightenment implies an Insight into the Nature of Self. We”

— Kaiten Nukariya

I believe Buddhism to be a simplification of Hinduism and Islam to be a simplification of Xianity.

— C. S. Lewis

From a Buddhist perspective, it is incorrect to always assume that we know what is best.

— Frederick Lenz

“The instant you take the lead in the tug-of-war with your ego, enlightenment becomes your state of being.”

— Pooja Ruprell

What is science but the pursuit of the truth? What is Buddhism but 2500 years of observation as to the nature of mind?

— Wade Davis

“Choose the Path to Enlightenment over the path of lease resistance.”

— Brian Coletta

“Once you awaken, you will have no interest in judging those who sleep.”

— James Blanchard Cisneros

Their whole life will begin to shift, from their first physical contact with you.

— Frederick Lenz

Music is not the only reason that I practice Buddhism anymore because it has affected my whole life.

— Herbie Hancock