Paris is a mighty schoolmaster, a grand enlightener of the provincial intellect. — Mary Elizabeth Braddon Copy Share Image
Because clarity and enlightenment are within your own nature, they are regained without moving an inch. — Laozi Copy Share Image
Get real. Life is heavy. It's difficult. It's complex...even for the wise. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Winning and losing are feelings; something in us knows if we have won or lost. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Whom does the Grail serve? It serves those who quest despite the odds - for they are the champions of enlightenment.” — Laurence Gardner Copy Share Image
“Buddha taught that we should not merely not be evil, but that we should be positively good.” — Henry Steel Olcott Copy Share Image
“Everything we perceive to be solid and static is made up of almost entirely empty space.” — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In Buddhism we have a great deal of etiquette. Etiquette is simply ways of living to conserve energy. Etiquette allows people to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“By suffering, one is shown a path to awareness. Along that path is where one discovers that he is truly born. By… — VD Copy Share Image
Buddha and Christ were second-rate heroes. The greatest men that ever live pass away unknown. They put forth no claims for themselves,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Enlightenment requires discipline, balance, knowledge, power, happiness and a sense of responsibility and sacrifice, being able to do things with your life… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
With the power of one's will we stop thought and move into alternate forms of perception. We gain that power through practicing… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Only a development of thought achieved through the self-education of the whole man can prevent any body of thought whatsoever from becoming… — Karl Jaspers Copy Share Image
We really have to get going," Sam said. "Can we leave the car here and pick it up later?" The monk said,… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
If you are trying to aid people in the process of self-discovery, what you have to do is confound them with so… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Let your love flow outward through the universe, To its height, its depth, its broad extent, A limitless love, without hatred or… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“What are the path of love and the path of meditation? There are basically two different paths to enlightenment. These two paths… — Swami Dhyan Giten Copy Share Image
“What was clear, however, was that the Buddha was born male, then cut off all his hair one day and got enlightened,… — Laurie Frankel Copy Share Image
Our world is in profound danger. Mankind must establish a set of positive values with which to secure its own survival. This… — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
Whether or not enlightenment is a plausible goal for us is a vital question for our lives. If it is possible for… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
The Buddhists think that, because we've all had infinite previous lives, we've all been each other's relatives. Therefore all of you, in… — Robert Thurman Copy Share Image
“Buddhist monks who had practiced more than ten thousand hours of meditation, researchers at the University of Wisconsin measured significantly higher levels… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
“Buddhism also throws new, and I believe fuller, light on an oft-quoted passage from John’s Gospel: “Unless a grain of wheat falls… — Paul F. Knitter Copy Share Image
If you try to pull too much power through too soon, you will injure yourself. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I was busy in making a film called 'Buddha in a Traffic Jam' and it consumed two and half years. — Vivek Agnihotri Copy Share Image
Be humble in order to attain enlightenment. Thus, after attaining it, be more humble still. — Samael Aun Weor Copy Share Image
Suffering begins to dissolve when we can question the belief or the hope that there's anywhere to hide. — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
I would define the proper use of power as something that creates happiness for yourself and others. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Opinions are secondary when dealing with reality. They're subjective reflections. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Three hundred years ago, during the Age of Enlightenment, the coffee house became the center of innovation. — Peter Diamandis Copy Share Image
If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Don't be a fool to hold a candle to enlighten the path of others in order to burn your own fingers. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
Music is not the only reason that I practice Buddhism anymore because it has affected my whole life. — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
“Once you awaken, you will have no interest in judging those who sleep.” — James Blanchard Cisneros Copy Share Image
Their whole life will begin to shift, from their first physical contact with you. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Choose the Path to Enlightenment over the path of lease resistance.” — Brian Coletta Copy Share Image
Compassion is the key in Islam and Buddhism and Judaism and Christianity. They are profoundly similar. — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image