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title: "4 Word Enlightenment Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [The word God, to me, is like the word enlightenment. It's become so corrupted by our ideas of what God is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gangaji/the-word-god-to-me-is-like-the-word-enlightenment-it-s-become-so/)

[Gangaji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gangaji/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30a/gangaji-10997_buddhism_the-word-god-to-me-is-like-the-word-enli_1028697.jpg)

> [The word enlightenment conjures up the idea of some superhuman accomplishment, and the ego likes to keep it that way, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/the-word-enlightenment-conjures-up-the-idea-of-some-superhuman/)

[Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/663/eckhart-tolle-81_accomplishment_the-word-enlightenment-conjures-up-the-i_1215988.jpg)

> [The word enlightenment conjures up the idea of some superhuman accomplishment, and the ego likes to keep it that way, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/the-word-enlightenment-conjures-up-the-idea-of-some-superhuman-2/)

[Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/219/eckhart-tolle-81_accomplishment_the-word-enlightenment-conjures-up-the-i_1270460.jpg)

> [There are certain people who people think are enlightened. The problem with the word enlightenment is what you mean by it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tenzin-palmo/there-are-certain-people-who-people-think-are-enlightened-the-problem/)

[Tenzin Palmo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tenzin-palmo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1e/tenzin-palmo-1431_buddhism_there-are-certain-people-who-people-thin_2994613.png)

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