The gift of God to this enlightened age is the knowledge of the oneness of mankind and of the fundamental oneness of… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
To the acquisition of the rare quality of politeness, so much of the enlightened understanding is necessary that I cannot but consider… — Harold Monro Copy Share Image
There is perhaps not an enlightened Christian in America who, notwithstanding he may believe that, at the time of Jesus, men were… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
“Criticizing anyone is tantamount to criticizing their worship or devotion (aradhana). It is a grave mistake. It is fine if you cannot… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
For those who struggle with anti-pagan prejudices and stereotypes, Humanist Paganism might be a powerful educational tool. It can show that a… — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
“Scholars and enlightened always want to define the differences between communism, socialism, fascism and other economic or political systems. It really doesn't… — Jake Danishevsky Copy Share Image
“Once a monk was standing at the altar after having a deep and profound satori. A young monk came up to him… — Dae Gak Oh Gong Copy Share Image
“It is the task of the enlightened not only to ascend to learning and to see the good but to be willing… — Plato Copy Share Image
It is quite possible that we will soon come to live under some sort of global despotism, enlightened or not. This is… — Torbjorn Tannsjo Copy Share Image
Women govern us; let us render them perfect: the more they are enlightened, so much the more shall we be. On the… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
Women must work doubly hard to overcome their conditioning in order to become enlightened. They must erase both conscious and unconscious ideas… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Instead of taking care to acquaint ourselves with others, we only think of making ourselves known to them. It would be better… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
Not even the apparently enlightened principle of the 'greatest good for the greatest number' can excuse indifference to individual suffering. There is… — Aneurin Bevan Copy Share Image
“Because of anger-pride-deceit-greed, selfishness [self-interest] remains and consequently one has no awareness of who dies or who takes birth. It is simply… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
I would rather a boy learnt in the roughest school the courage to hit a politician, or gained in the hardest school… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
There is, inside all our heads, the ego’s rabid attack dog. It is purely vicious toward others and toward ourselves as well.… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness's of other people. One does not become enlightened by… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
... liberal intellectualstend to have a classical theory of politics, in which the state has a monopoly of power; hoping thatthose in… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
How much longer are we going to think it necessary to be American before (or in contradistinction to) being cultivated, being enlightened,… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
When you are enlightened, your physical body will still feel pain if you get hurt, but you will not be overwhelmed even… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Business often does a good job supporting communities: the arts, universities, and scientific enterprises... But that philosophy has rarely reached poor countries.… — Jeffrey Sachs Copy Share Image
I lay very little stress either upon asking or giving advice. Generally speaking, they who ask advice know what they wish to… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
To the enlightened man... whose consciousness embraces the universe, to him the universe becomes his 'body', while the physical body becomes the… — Anagarika Govinda Copy Share Image
We must imitate Christ's life and his ways if we are to be truly enlightened and set free from the darkness of… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
Whether a Buddha comes into the world or not, the nature of things is still the nature of things. The Buddha is… — Tsoknyi Rinpoche Copy Share Image
“As long as kashay’s (anger, pride, deceit, greed) do not go away, you have not attained God’s religion even a little bit.… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The most vital issue of the age is whether the future progress of humanity is to be governed by the modern economic… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
If the minds of women were enlightened and improved, the domestic work would be more frequently refreshed by intelligent conversation, a means… — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share Image
For unnumbered centuries of human history the wilderness has given way. The priority of industry has become dogma. Are we as yet… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
“It's through the darkness that deep healing comes to enlighten us. Don't be afraid of the dark and keep your Faith high… — Ana Claudia Antunes Copy Share Image
Civilization has not ever been the brother of equality. Freedom was born among the wild eyries in the mountains; and barbarous tribes… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
There are beings who come into this world, from time to time, not simply with miraculous powers, which we call the siddhas,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
There is no slight danger from general ignorance; and the only choice which Providence has graciously left to a vicious government is… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“And what did it profit me, that all the books I could procure of the so-called liberal arts, I, the vile slave… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“The Enlightened spirit is not like some safe cracker whose ear is pressed to the metal while his fingers imperceptibly turn a… — Joshua Gibbs Copy Share Image
Nearly all bookish people are snobs, and especially the more enlightened among them. They are apt to assume that if a writer… — Arnold Bennett Copy Share Image
Intuition is a powerful tool that can heal the painful split we all feel between our earthly, mundane selves and our divine,… — Penney Peirce Copy Share Image
The only people available to change the world are the people now living in it, with all the beliefs they bring along… — Todd Gitlin Copy Share Image
If you say the world is totally dependent on oil in many parts of the world, coal and certainly natural gas, we… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
Every individual, from the common mechanic, that works in wood or clay, to the prime minister that regulates with the dash of… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image