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title: "9 Seek Enlightenment Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [If you seek enlightenment, then career is a very important idea on your agenda.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/if-you-seek-enlightenment-then-career-is-a-very-important-idea-on/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [They can't stop you if, in your heart, you seek enlightenment, empowerment, balance and knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/they-can-t-stop-you-if-in-your-heart-you-seek-enlightenment/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [If you seek enlightenment, then career is a very important idea on your agenda. Approach your career from this standpoint and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/if-you-seek-enlightenment-then-career-is-a-very-important-idea-on-2/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [One of the greatest mistakes that people make who pursue self-discovery is they neglect to develop their careers. There is a popular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/one-of-the-greatest-mistakes-that-people-make-who-pursue-self/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [As I study both the exoteric and the esoteric schools of Buddhism, they maintain that human beings are endowed with Dharma-nature by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dogen/as-i-study-both-the-exoteric-and-the-esoteric-schools-of-buddhism/)

[Dogen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dogen/)

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> [“To seek enlightenment, intellectual or spiritual; to do good; to love and be loved; to create and to teach: these are the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-monbiot/to-seek-enlightenment-intellectual-or-spiritual-to-do-good-to-love/)

[George Monbiot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-monbiot/)

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> [The fountain of information lies at your fingertips and is accessible anywhere at anytime and schools need to emphasize this. We are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-myers/the-fountain-of-information-lies-at-your-fingertips-and-is-accessible/)

[Christopher Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-myers/)

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> [In order to deserve, we must pay our dues and steadily work for perfection. We must relish in struggle, and relinquish pride.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/in-order-to-deserve-we-must-pay-our-dues-and-steadily-work-for/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Many of us have set out on the path of enlightenment. We long for a release of self-hood in some kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-boyd/many-of-us-have-set-out-on-the-path-of-enlightenment-we-long-for-a/)

[Andrew Boyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-boyd/)

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