Some paradox of our natures leads us, when once we have made our fellow men the objects of our enlightened interest, to… — Lionel Trilling Copy Share Image
“Invest your money and time acquiring knowledge for yourself... and the good news is that as you do so, you keep your… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Reality is all-encompassing: the absolute nature is one. Although we may feel separate from the original uncreated reality - whether we call… — Tarthang Tulku Copy Share Image
I believe that Gandhi’s views were the most enlightened of all the political men in our time. We should strive to do… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
They just teach by their presence. They don't really have a message for humanity. It's irrelevant at that point. They're just a… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The basic nature of all conscious beings is 'self-existing wakefulness'. Self-existing meaning spontaneous or without effort and wakefulness meaning natural awareness. To… — Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche Copy Share Image
The Christian church, in its attitude toward science, shows the mind of a more or less enlightened man of the Thirteenth Century.… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you are with an enlightened teacher, you will feel both pleasant and unpleasant things magnified. That happens when you meditate… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Enlightened Consciousness once awakened within us serves as a guiding principle, and leads us to hope, bliss, and life; consequently, it is… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
Studying the Buddha way is studying oneself. Studying oneself is forgetting oneself. Forgetting oneself is being enlightened by all things. Being enlightened… — Dogen Copy Share Image
In the short term, corporal punishment may produce obedience. But it is a fact documented by research that in the long term… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
Where the despair of loneliness and poverty haunts every hour, the optimism to embark on new projects cannot find a place to… — Sherwin B. Nuland Copy Share Image
Enlightened self-interest from those involved in hydrocarbons should lead to the support of technologies enabling the clean use of hydrocarbons, such as… — Nicholas Stern Copy Share Image
An enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic. Self-government is not possible unless the citizens are educated sufficiently… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“The worldly life is created through wrong understanding and is dissolved through understanding. The Gnani Purush (Enlightened One) gives all types of… — Dada Bhagwan 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
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
Meditation makes you innocent, it makes you childlike. In that state, miracles are possible. That state is pure magic. A great transformation… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
“One's liberation begins once he does the darshan of kashaya-free (absence of inner anger, pride, deceit and greed) Gnani purush [the enlightened… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
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
Whether you believe it a moral imperative or in the rich world's enlightened self-interest, securing the conditions that will lead to a… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
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
The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form… — Denis Diderot 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
Imagine a culture in which everything is geared toward helping all individuals become the best human beings they can be; in which… — Robert Thurman 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
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
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
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
...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
“In these enlightened times, mademoiselle, we only believe what is agreeable to us, and what suits our own wishes, tastes, and opinions.… — Marie Corelli 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
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
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
“With a pure heart, the one who sincerely wants to know only the Soul and does not want any worldly comforts; the… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The remedy for speech that is false is speech that is true. This is the ordinary course in a free society. The… — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
“But I wish to be enlightened.' 'Let me caution you against it.' 'Is enlightenment on the subject, then, so terrible?' 'Yes, indeed.'… — Thomas Hardy 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
In the East a man becomes divine only when he is no longer jealous, a man is thought to be enlightened only… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
![“Enlightened Consciousness once awakened within us serves as a guiding principle, and leads us to hope, bliss, and life; consequently, it is called the Master[FN#154] of both mind and body. Sometimes it is called the Original[FN#155] Mind, as it is the mind of minds. It is Buddha dwelling in…” quote by Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a5/kaiten-nukariya-793_consciousness_enlightened-consciousness-once-awakened_2611818.jpg)
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