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
“Grace of the Gnani’ [the enlightened one] will take you to moksha [ultimate liberation] and ‘Grace of God’ will give you worldly… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
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
You have to be a warrior in order to become enlightened. If you think it's tough paying the bills, think about being… — Frederick Lenz 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
“Those who understand others are intelligent Those who understand themselves are enlightened Those who overcome others have strength Those who overcome themselves… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
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
Any court which undertakes by its legal processes to enforce civil liberties needs the support of an enlightened and vigorous public opinion… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
You become a monk and you practice and the teacher tells you what to do. If you find that you have a… — Frederick Lenz 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
“It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us...There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the… — Adam Ferguson Copy Share Image
Today's consumers are eager to become loyal fans of companies that respect purposeful capitalism. They are not opposed to companies making a… — Simon Mainwaring 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
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 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
“Nothing is born of nothing, least of all knowledge, modernity, or enlightened thought; progress is made in tiny surges, in successive laps,… — Amin Maalouf Copy Share Image
People go to mediums and they get in touch with spirits outside of the body. Most of these spirits are pretty malevolent… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Up and down the the still sparsely settled coast of British North America, groups of men-intellectuals and farmers, scholars and merchants, the… — Bernard Bailyn Copy Share Image
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
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
We want no dictatorship of physicists, as physicists. If our democracy is to realize its full promise, we want no dictatorship at… — Jerome Frank Copy Share Image
As the world has to attain the fulfilment of eternal life, to me it does not in the least matter what I… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Gnani’s [The enlightened one’s] sangna [directions] is the compass then it will take you to the end of your journey [Moksha, ultimate… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
When I was working at Omega, I took this Zen retreat, where you're quiet, you don't say anything for a week, and… — Larkin Grimm Copy Share Image
“These, of course, are far more enlightened times, when it is only acceptable to believe that not being a Christian is likely… — Peter David Copy Share Image
“When enlightened souls come in contact with ignorant people like you, they have to speak in YOUR language, because you are not… — Ramana Pemmaraju Copy Share Image
I think [imagination] very austere element of Buddhism is also linked with a strong antinatalist strain in the philosophy. The Buddha was… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
As much as I loved the model of St. Francis, I realized that I couldn't afford to be poor, because unlike St.… — Bo Sanchez Copy Share Image
Meditation is nothing but putting the mind aside, putting the mind out of the way, and bringing a witnessing which is always… — Rajneesh 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/i/89c/dada-bhagwan-31_enlightened_grace-of-the-gnani-the-enlightened-one-w_3079158.jpg)
![“Gnani’s [The enlightened one’s] sangna [directions] is the compass then it will take you to the end of your journey [Moksha, ultimate liberation]. And the worldly people’s sangna [directions] is the compass then it will make you wander in the worldly life.” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af6/dada-bhagwan-31_direction_gnani-s-the-enlightened-one-s-sangna-dir_1175343.jpg)
![“I think [imagination] very austere element of Buddhism is also linked with a strong antinatalist strain in the philosophy. The Buddha was enlightened when he destroyed the house of body and soul into which he would otherwise have been forever reborn. This is clearly antinatalism.” quote by Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b03/quentin-s-crisp-4149_body_i-think-imagination-very-austere-element_1631590.jpg)
