Enlightenment Quotes · Page 34

“Live your life by the light of day. Enlightenment lurks not in the shadows of the night.”

— Thomas Zman

It is from cowardice and not from want of enlightenment that we do not read in our own hearts.

— Stendhal

“Enlightenment and tolerance, it would seem, have little to do with being lettered or unlettered. His”

— Kiran Nagarkar

Meditation is the pathway to enlightenment, and I would encourage you to follow that pathway as far as you can, into ecstasy.

— Frederick Lenz

“A scientist must be a traveller, an explorer. Knowledge comes from experience. ... The path to enlightenment is never linear.”

— Joanne Owen

The Bible has been used as a way of making us accept our situation, and not to bring enlightenment to the poor.

— Rigoberta Menchu

I'm a creature of the eighteenth century at heart: The Enlightenment and the search for happiness suit me.

— Brigitte Macron

Awareness is wakefulness. Wakefulness is consciousness. Consciousness is limitless awareness.

— Frederick Lenz

To have some deep feeling about Buddhism is not the point; we just do what we should do, like eating supper and…

— Shunryu Suzuki

Light by its very nature is endless. Therefore you can never say you've had the ultimate experience in light - it goes…

— Frederick Lenz

“While you are conscious of being a Buddha, you are not truly a Buddha, because you are ensnared by the idea. You…

— Katsuki Sekida

note the similarities with buddhism a buddhist who has achieved nirvana is not sad primarily because it does not know the concept…

— Tao Lin

“Science has proven that subatomic particles can exist in two places at once. Since we are all made up of these particles,…

— Gary Hopkins

In order to survive women have developed their second attention, which men have not evolved. They use the second attention, and have…

— Frederick Lenz

Any enlightenment which requires to be authenticated, certified, recognized, congratulated, is (as yet) a false, or at least incomplete one.

— Reginald Horace Blyth

“Dharma, the word at the heart of the epic, is in fact untranslatable. Duty, goodness, justice, law and custom all have something…

— Gurcharan Das

In order to deserve, we must pay our dues and steadily work for perfection. We must relish in struggle, and relinquish pride.…

— Anonymous

“Meditation is a method-less act – an act of contemplation – an act of being. And this contemplation or this being is…

— Abhijit Naskar

O Lord, please fill my mouth with worthwhile stuff, and nudge me when I've said enough. Enlightenment is the "quiet acceptance of…

— Susan Jeffers

“You have known the pleasure and the convenience of modern science; so why the Dhyanalinga? It is because I want you to…

— Sadhguru

“Some people think that expedient meanings are false and deceiving and thus should not be relied upon. Also, some Buddhists say, "We…

— Karl Brunnholzl

“1. The Doctrine for Men and Devas. The Buddha, to meet temporarily the spiritual needs of the uninitiated, preached a doctrine concerning…

— Kaiten Nukariya

“Death is not like going to sleep, it's more like waking up from a dream and realizing the person you were in…

— Emmanuel Diogu

“Buddha is our inherent nature—our buddha nature—and what that means is that if you’re going to grow up fully, the way that…

— Pema Chödrön

“true enlightenment comes only through contemplation and introspection.”

— Nicholas Carr

“The only thing that makes sense to do is strive for greater collective enlightenment”

— Ashlee Vance

Enlightenment isn't found with a full stomach, or on a soft pillow.

— Conrad Anker

“A quick enlightenment tends to do more harm than good. Wise may easily become unwise.”

— Iva Kenaz

My "drop in the ocean" will contribute to the enlightenment of Europe, so to speak.

— Varg Vikernes

Life is an endless matrix of existence. And as you experience it in that pure form, that's what we call enlightenment.

— Frederick Lenz

“Perhaps I had inadvertently brushed up against the Buddhist axiom, that enlightenment is the ultimate disappointment.”

— Maggie Nelson

Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they are executed.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“Those who are actively seeking enlightenment will not find it because the act of looking for it is the distraction from it.”

— Enza Vita

For me, Buddhism is a psychology and a philosophy that provides a means, upayas, for working with the mind.

— Joan Halifax

I don't want enlightenment, I want him. Sorry Buddha, I loved him more than you.

— John Burdett

“Q. Was the Buddha God? A. No. Buddha Dharma teaches no "divine" incarnation.”

— Henry Steel Olcott

On the pathway that leads to enlightenment, only your heart can tell you what is right.

— Frederick Lenz

Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.

— Bodhidharma

“Om is the things, Om is the ingredient, Om is the container and the content of this universe.”

— Banani Ray

Women have very powerful second chakras, and the goal is to move that energy up and use it.

— Frederick Lenz