Enlightened Quotes

630 Enlightened quotes by 307 unique authors

The religious urge in man is not a mere passing phase in the history of his spiritual development, but the ultimate source of all his… — Muhammad Asad
It is because we don't know who we are, because we are unaware that the Kingdom of Heaven is within us, that we behave in… — Aldous Huxley
We stumble and fall constantly, even when we are most enlightened. — Thomas Merton
[The] erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken… — H. L. Mencken
We have seen the mere distinction of color made in the most enlightened period of time, a ground of the most oppressive dominion ever exercised… — James Madison
Promote then as an object of primary importance, Institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force… — George Washington
It is all the more necessary under a system of free government that the people should be enlightened, that they should be correctly informed, than… — Calvin Coolidge
Convinced that the people are the only safe depositories of their own liberty, and that they are not safe unless enlightened to a certain degree,… — Thomas Jefferson
Meditation is nothing but putting the mind aside, putting the mind out of the way, and bringing a witnessing which is always there but hidden… — Rajneesh
Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause. I had hoped that liberal and… — George Washington
The most venerable, clearly understood, enlightened, and reliable constant in the world is not only that we want to be happy, but that we want… — Saint Augustine
It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and… — Sun Tzu
The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution. — Sun Tzu
Two simple principles lie at the bottom of the whole matter, and they may be precipitated into two rules. The first is that, when there… — H. L. Mencken
This life in us; however low it flickers or fiercely burns, is still a divine flame which no man dare presume to put out, be… — Malcolm Muggeridge
But Jesus has been depicted as a serious man. And Christians say he never laughed. Then what is the function of an Enlightened man? If… — Rajneesh
If you have desires, try to look - are those desires the cause of your misery? Nobody wants misery, but nobody is willing to drop… — Rajneesh
Each individual is unique in ordinary life. The uniqueness becomes even more sharp and clear, crystal clear, when the person becomes enlightened - because only… — Rajneesh
This ball of liberty, I believe most piously, is now so well in motion that it will roll round the globe. at least the enlightened… — Thomas Jefferson
If the people were a little more ignorant, astrology would flourish - if a little more enlightened, religion would perish. — Robert Green Ingersoll
A woman should keep her separateness, should save all her feminine qualities and purify them. In this way she is going, according to her nature,… — Rajneesh
The Americans, on the contrary, are fond of explaining almost all the actions of their lives by the principle of interest rightly understood; they show… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Christians make enlightened decisions, for they talk with God. — Mark Ryan
It's one thing to have the attitude of enlightenment and another thing to act in an enlightened way, which is conduct or activity... — Sakyong Mipham
If one were not animated with the desire to discover laws, they would escape the most enlightened attention. — Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

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