As a writer, I am an intellectual. I believe in the ideals of the Enlightenment, I believe in the written word, in… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
“When you have experienced the depth of your inner self, the idea of enlightenment is no longer a goal to strive towards,… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
My favorite cause is the enlightenment of others. I think that is the best place to put money. You get the highest… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Singers like Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar are very conscious of what's going on around them, and they're waking up lot of young… — Dianne Reeves Copy Share Image
“Never allow dogmatic interpretations of Karma to keep you from defending what is right or just. You must accept the reality that… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
You have developed the second attention much more than you realize and you use it more than you realize as a woman.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It's a good idea to be in the physical presence of the enlightened teacher because it's not physical. You can hear the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Enlightenment doesn't occur by accident. It is a deliberate decision that someone makes again and again. It is something you grow into… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“14. Zen and Nirvana. The beatitude of Zen is Nirvana, not in the Hinayanistic sense of the term, but in the sense… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“The people who are most discouraged and made despondent by the barbarity and stupidity of human behaviour at this time are those… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“As matters now stand, a great deal is still lacking in order for men as a whole to… apply [reason] confidently to… — Phyllis Goldstein Copy Share Image
“...one had to expect very little—almost nothing—from life, Aaron knew, one had to be grateful, not always trying to seize the days… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
“Man does not live by bread alone. I have known millionaires starving for lack of the nutriment which alone can sustain all… — Andrew Carnegie 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
The curve of life is like the parabola of a projectile which, disturbed from its initial state of rest, rises and then… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
“He broke me down past the flesh, past the muscle, past the bone, down to my soul and in a loud provocation,… — Jay Grewal Copy Share Image
Sitting peacefully on a cushion day and night seeking to attain Buddhahood, rejecting life and death in hopes of realizing enlightenment, is… — Shoitsu Omatsu Copy Share Image
Once we've achieved perfect meditation, we're terribly trapped because that's an illusion...any enlightenment that seems ultimate is an illusion. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Time is an illusion, only the keepers of the illusion are real, and the reality they have spun, keeps us, until we… — Tom Althouse Copy Share Image
Women do not help each other attain enlightenment because in the description of the world they've been given, unlike that of men,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The One who devours (completely destroys) our ego and makes us viraat (divine & huge) is called the viraat-svaroop (divine manifestation). Only… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
The word enlightenment conjures up the idea of some superhuman accomplishment, and the ego likes to keep it that way, but it… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“I'm a Buddhist. You might have a Christian obligation to catch pneumonia while you sit for two and a half hours listening… — Natasha Pulley Copy Share Image
To me, the most important thing is to tell a good story. If I can do that, I think that enlightenment, respect… — Kathryn Lasky Copy Share Image
Select companions who are striving for enlightenment. They all have their imperfections, certainly, but at least their attention is moving in the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The secret teaching was the bodhisattva ideal, to live for others, for the welfare of all beings. That's enlightenment, not some flashy… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
While confronting the problems of the present, I often find myself thinking back to the world of books as it was experienced… — Robert Darnton Copy Share Image
There comes a time when a race of beings makes a decision. When they chose to reject enlightenment, it's the end of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
It's one thing to have the attitude of enlightenment and another thing to act in an enlightened way, which is conduct or… — Sakyong Mipham Copy Share Image
“The fruit of practicing dharmadhyan (auspicious contemplation, to not hurt anyone, to give happiness to others) is samyak darshan (enlightened vision).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
During the centuries-long process of Reformation and Enlightenment, Christian churches had to accept some things they didn't like. Islam will have to… — Wolfgang Schauble Copy Share Image
Buddhism has existed forever, just like we have, and occasionally it's codified; it's put together into a system by someone who likes… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Unrealistic expectations often lead to disappointment, while simple unbiased attention and detachment to outcome often lead to pleasant surprises.” — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
“I’ve heard that sometimes a version of you must die before another more enlightened version can be born. I think that’s true… — Julie Flygare Copy Share Image
What you focus on you become. So always focus on that which is highest, brightest, happiest and most noble of all things,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“The one who protects the pudgal (non-Self complex made up of mind-speech-body) is not a Gnani (enlightened one). A Gnani is the… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Where there is no trace of restlessness (unsteadiness), therein lies the opinions of the Vitaraag Lords (the enlightened ones).” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and… — Friedrich Durrenmatt Copy Share Image
“The difference between going where you are needed and going where you are called is purely based upon diligent prayer and the… — M.J. Stoddard Copy Share Image
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