“The n'k did not want to be enlightened. They resented the truth as if it threatened them. In this respect, they are… — Philip José Farmer Copy Share Image
For our democracy has been marred by imperialism, and it has been enlightened only by individual and sporadic efforts at freedom. — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
We call it the transmission of the lamp in Zen. That's when we take enlightened states of mind and literally, you can… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
And therefore only the enlightened sovereign and the worthy general who are able to use the most intelligent people as agents are… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
I know no class of my fellowmen, however just, enlightened, and humane, which can be wisely and safely trusted absolutely with the… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
“Through the grace of a thief, one can become a thief and through the grace of a Gnani [the enlightened one], one… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
A free, virtuous, and enlightened people must know full well the great principles and causes upon which their happiness depends. — James Monroe Copy Share Image
“You have to recognize the Knowledge of the Gnanis’ [the enlightened ones]. You have to recognize the world from the perspective of… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
We live in an enlightened age, however, an age that has learned to see and to value other living things as they… — Robert Charles Wilson Copy Share Image
The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“The one who has enlightened view (right belief; samkiti), he indeed does not have any problems, anywhere. He remains only the Knower-Seer… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Till men are deeply humbled, they can part with Christ and Salvation for a lust, for a little wordly gain, for that… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
“Whatever one does in this world, he does it out of compulsion; so it is indeed our lack of understanding when we… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
People who are enlightened in previous lifetimes have a certain degree of difficulty in regaining their enlightenment. Sometimes it comes in childhood.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will… — Buddha Copy Share Image
He who, in an enlightened and literary society, aspires to be a great poet, must first become a little child. He must… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
“If one wants to go to Mumbai from Baroda, he will ‘like’ all the signs towards the south. And if he wants… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Awakening is not a state but a process: an ethical way of life and commitment that enables human flourishing. As such, it… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
Further, if Spirit has any meaning at all, then it must be eternal, or without beginning or end. If Spirit had a… — Ken Wilber Copy Share Image
My dog doesn't worry about the meaning of life. She may worry if she doesn't get her breakfast, but she doesn't sit… — Joko Beck Copy Share Image
Eating, drinking, dying - three primary manifestations of the universal and impersonal life. Animals live that impersonal and universal life without knowing… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Life is eternal; death only punctuates it for a short while. After a little break life starts again. Death is ultimate truth;… — Mahesh Babu Copy Share Image
Two simple principles lie at the bottom of the whole matter, and they may be precipitated into two rules. The first is… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
An ordinary man seeks freedom through enlightenment. An enlightened man expresses freedom through being ordinary. — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
If a spiritual teacher says something that doesn't make sense to you, you should always listen to yourself and not the teacher.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightened groups can exist, as long as the individuals' sense of identity is not derived from a mentally defined image of us. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The most enlightened types by 2050, I think, will be humans who can flip between constant media stimulation and digital detox without… — Grace Dent Copy Share Image
There are certain things that can be asked that get me excited. It's never a thing where I think I'm too good,… — Wale Copy Share Image
Personal power is the reflection of a person of knowledge. A person of knowledge, an enlightened person, a person even close to… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Whether people be of high or low birth, rich or poor, old or young, enlightened or confused, they are all alike in… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo Copy Share Image
In less enlightened times, the best way to impress women was to own a hot car. But women wised up and realized… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
If we get above the individualized soul's journey, you will see that we are all one. We are all one light. In… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
If I'm okay with dying, my son is at least as enlightened as that. If I'm okay with my cancer, my son… — Byron Katie Copy Share Image
“The art of letting go, if mastered, may save us from our own suffering.” Excerpt From: Sarah Voldeng. “The Art of an… — Sarah Voldeng Copy Share Image
Yoga practice seems to be used to access some deeper dimension or some enlightened state. Understand right now there is no connection… — Bryan Kest Copy Share Image
There will never be a really free and enlightened state until the state comes to recognize the individual as a higher and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
History teaches us that whenever a weak and ignorant people possess a thing which a strong and enlightened people want, it must… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There is obstruction. Enlightenment is not very popular in this world. History tells us that enlightened teachers who made themselves largely available… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Even the saints and the highly evolved beings do not know the ‘difference of the differences of the world’. Only an enlightened… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image