The religious urge in man is not a mere passing phase in the history of his spiritual development, but the ultimate source… — Muhammad Asad Copy Share Image
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The Americans, on the contrary, are fond of explaining almost all the actions of their lives by the principle of interest rightly… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Many are convinced, who are not truly enlightened; are afraid of the consequences of sin, though they never saw its evil; have… — John Newton Copy Share Image
The abuse of power manifests with phony spiritual teachers and phony gurus who tell you how to run your life and what… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It is still the arena of those who dream of the City of Man and those who envision a City of Things.… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
If the item of stolen property had been anything other than a book, it would have been confiscated. But a book is… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
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How should the best parts of psychology and economics interrelate in an enlightened economist's mind?... I think that these behavioral economics...or economists… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Many people claim to be liberated...it's an endless list! According to "moi", as Ms. Piggy would say, there are currently, on this… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightenment means rising above thought, not falling back to a level below thought, the level of an animal or a plant. In… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
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I am a lazy man. Laziness keeps me from believing that enlightenment demands effort, discipline, strict diet, non-smoking, and other evidences of… — Thaddeus Golas Copy Share Image
This life in us; however low it flickers or fiercely burns, is still a divine flame which no man dare presume to… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
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The people to become enlightened in Atlantis lit the "flame of enlightenment" on earth for the first time. The members of the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There's a path in enlightenment called the path of negation where we intentionally throw ourselves into experiences that are extremely transient. In… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“What is samkit (enlightened view; right belief)? One has to realize the complete authoritative power, and accept everyone’s worldly authority. People abuse… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
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I'm not praying for God to save me from cancer. I'm not. God will enlighten me when the time comes. And if… — Elizabeth Edwards Copy Share Image
...Speaking of, I've been playing with the letters - Lovers In a Very Enlightened Regard." "LIVER. Good one." "Also, how about Life… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
Rendering thanks to my Creator for my existence and station among His works, for my birth in a country enlightened by the… — John Dickinson Copy Share Image
The more we try and understand enlightenment the more it will elude us. And that's because enlightenment does not come from the… — Anita Moorjani Copy Share Image
Perhaps the old fogies in the blogosphere get that way because, well, we stop taking the whole megillah so seriously. And we… — Daniel Drezner Copy Share Image
It's ridiculous if you ask me. I don't know what any of us are doing here. But we're a tribe, a network,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I always had an existential crisis, trying to figure out ‘what does it all mean?’ I came to the conclusion that if… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
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Once in while a teacher may make a recommendation, it is usually after going through the basic Socratic method of trying to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
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It isn't by getting out of the world that we become enlightened, but by getting into the world…by getting so tuned in… — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
A successful day for me is when I teach people something. They become enlightened by an idea and learn how to think… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
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You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
![“Grace of the Gnani’ [the enlightened one] will take you to moksha [ultimate liberation] and ‘Grace of God’ will give you worldly happiness. God will not take you to moksha, because God cannot be realized without a ‘Gnani’ [the enlightened one], can he? He remains hidden.” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/89c/dada-bhagwan-31_enlightened_grace-of-the-gnani-the-enlightened-one-w_3079158.jpg)
