“Consistent with the liberal views of the Enlightenment, Leibniz was an optimist with respect to human reasoning and scientific progress. Although he… — Shelby D. Hunt Copy Share Image
You... are now servants to the ear that needs quiet solace, and the eye that needs the consolation of beauty, servants to… — Joyce DiDonato Copy Share Image
There was a famous Zen master whom people would seek out to become enlightened. He was strict and would occupy people with… — Masaaki Hatsumi Copy Share Image
“The Society of Professional Journalists believes that "public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of democracy." If that is… — Larry J. Schweiger Copy Share Image
“The face of everyone in mine, the oneness with every blade of grass, the flight with the flocks in the sky, the… — Patsie Smith Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is man’s leaving his self-caused immaturity. Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another. Such immaturity… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
“The ripple that travels across water does not begin on its own. In order to create positive change one must act upon… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
Refraining from all evil, not clinging to birth and death, working in deep compassion for all sentient beings, respecting those over you… — Dogen Copy Share Image
That which especially distinguishes a high order of man from a low order of man, that which constitutes human goodness, human nobleness,… — James Anthony Froude Copy Share Image
Go beyond reason to love - it is safe. It is the only safety. Love all you can, and when you are… — Thaddeus Golas Copy Share Image
Happiness arises when you relax into the reality of your natural condition. The secrets of the universe are already in you as… — Mark Whitwell Copy Share Image
“We could express this power in the following way: Most of the time we live in an interior world of dreams, desires,… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
“How odd that we spend so much time treating the darkness, and so little time seeking the light. The ego loves to… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
You think you want to know the secrets of the universe. You think you want to see the way things all fit… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance. This nonage… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
September 11 was a day of de-Enlightenment. Politics stood revealed as a veritable Walpurgis Night of the irrational. And such old, old… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“We choose ignorance because we can . We choose awareness because we can . Samsara and nirvana are simply different points of… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Copy Share Image
Suttas are not meant to be 'sacred scriptures' that tell us what to believe. One should read them, listen to them, think… — Ajahn Sumedho Copy Share Image
Buddhist nirvana ... is based on egolessness and is not anthropocentric but rather cosmological. In Buddhism, humans and the things of the… — Masao Abe Copy Share Image
By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified. Today the greatest divide within humanity… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“1. The Doctrine for Men and Devas. The Buddha, to meet temporarily the spiritual needs of the uninitiated, preached a doctrine concerning… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
An enlightened awareness is within each one of us, right at this moment. This enlightened awareness is truly unborn and marvellously illuminating;… — Bankei Yotaku Copy Share Image
Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. By attempting to rigidly classify ethereal concepts like… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
We hear in these days of scientific enlightenment a great deal of discussion about the efficacy of Prayer. Many reasons are given… — William James Copy Share Image
“We give something, and that opens the possibility of receiving: we naturally receive something when we give. This is how we live,… — Ogyen Trinley Dorje Copy Share Image
“As we pass one step, and as we recognize it as being behind us, the next one already rises up before us.… — Imre Kertész Copy Share Image
“Though glorification of the self has been a central motif in human history since the Fall, the individual autonomy of the Enlightenment… — Gale Heide Copy Share Image
“There are many paths leading to One. These herbs carry within their fragile essence a secret of Life, Universe, Creation, and the… — Natasa Pantovic Nuit Copy Share Image
In general, 'Buddha' means 'Awakened One', someone who has awakened from the sleep of ignorance and sees things as they really are.… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
The air they breathe, being a living element with both physical and psychical properties, carries a subtle vital energy. This in India… — Frank Waters Copy Share Image
“It is ultimately the ebony of our pain, our blackest monuments, which lead us to seek an enlightened way of living. We… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Aging is like enlightenment at gunpoint. Before I had cancer, I lived my life for my art. After I had cancer, I… — Anna Halprin Copy Share Image
“Loneliness is a condition of energetic imbalance. As with all human conditions it is an illusion, albeit a very debilitating one if… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
How much of what the biblical writers believed about the supernatural world do I believe? They weren't us. We are products of… — Michael S. Heiser Copy Share Image
“As beauty is in the eye of the beholder, we must make sure to heal our impaired vision, filter our perception, and… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“One of the great gifts of the Enlightenment is that we can form communities without necessaily agreeing on ultimate metaphysical grounds. We… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
If you become very close to your teacher, if you do well in your meditation, a deep emotional bond will develop between… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Taking part in your own creation is as simple as changing your mind. The way you think literally creates your everyday reality.… — Gary Hopkins Copy Share Image
I think people are always looking for gurus. It's the easiest thing in the world to become a guru. It's quite terrifying.… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
I think real enlightenment is total sanity, a kind of acceptance of what actually is. It does involve a kind of different… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
