Enlightened Quotes

630 quotes by 318 authors

In less enlightened times, the best way to impress women was to own a hot car. But women wised up and realized it was better… — Scott Adams
Many a man in his hour of trial has turned to the Book of Mormon and been enlightened, enlivened, and comforted. The psalms in the… — Ezra Taft Benson
The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts. — Italo Calvino
Enlightened leadership is spiritual if we understand spirituality not as some kind of religious dogma or ideology but as the domain of awareness where we… — Deepak Chopra
I would rather a boy learnt in the roughest school the courage to hit a politician, or gained in the hardest school the learning to… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
What most of us need, almost more than anything, is the courage and humility really to ask for help, from the depths of our hearts:… — Sogyal Rinpoche
The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man — Charles Sumner
Nothing that results in human progress is achieved with unanimous consent. Those that are enlightened before the others are condemned to pursue that light in… — Christopher Columbus
The idea of restraining the legislative authority, in the means of providing for the national defense, is one of those refinements which owe their origin… — Alexander Hamilton
How much longer are we going to think it necessary to be American before (or in contradistinction to) being cultivated, being enlightened, being humane, and… — Edith Wharton
Hence the saying: The enlightened ruler lays his plans well ahead; the good general cultivates his resources. — Sun Tzu
An enlightened ruler doesnot worry about people not knowing him; he worriesabout not knowing people. — Zhuge Liang
The great tragedy is that they're removing art completely, not because they're putting more science in, but because they can't afford the art teachers or… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is… — Sun Tzu
Sometimes I come across a tree which seems like Buddha or Jesus: loving, compassionate, still, unambitious, enlightened, in eternal meditation, giving pleasure to a pilgrim,… — Satish Kumar
O Lord, please fill my mouth with worthwhile stuff, and nudge me when I've said enough. Enlightenment is the "quiet acceptance of what is" I… — Susan Jeffers
We have abundant reason to rejoice that in this Land the light of truth and reason has triumphed over the power of bigotry and superstition,… — George Washington
Prayers never bring anything... They may bring solace to the sap, the bigot, the ignorant, the aboriginal, and the lazy - but to the enlightened… — W.C. Fields
A person is disposed to an act of choice by an angel ... in two ways. Sometimes, a man's understanding is enlightened by an angel… — Thomas Aquinas
Nonresistance, nonjudgment, and nonattachment are the three aspects of true freedom and enlightened living. — Eckhart Tolle

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