Enlightened Quotes

630 Enlightened quotes by 307 unique authors

Be prepared to be enlightened, enraged, amused, engaged, and above all provoked. — Beatrix Campbell
Only those who overflow with love will build the happy and enlightened world of the future. — Fethullah Gulen
Our forefathers looked upon nature with more reverence and horror, before the world was enlightened by learning and philosophy, and loved to astonish themselves with… — Joseph Addison
I regret exceedingly that the disputes between the protestants and Roman Catholics should be carried to the serious alarming height mentioned in your letters. Religious… — George Washington
Going back to the origin is called peace; it means reversion to destiny. Reversion to destiny is called eternity. Those who know eternity are called… — Laozi
I understood that the will could not be improved before the mind had been enlightened. — Johann Heinrich Lambert
The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most… — Michel de Montaigne
I would rather have as my patron a host of anonymous citizens digging into their own pockets for the price of a book or a… — John Updike
A knowledge of general literature is one of the evidences of an enlightened mind; and to give an apt quotation at a fitting time, proves… — James Ellis
If anyone thinks he can help you, he will inevitably mislead you, and the less phony he is; the more powerful he is, the more… — U.G. Krishnamurti
... a person who is religiously enlightened appears to me to be one who has, to the best of his ability, liberated himself from the… — Albert Einstein
The Enlightenment has always aimed at liberating men from fear and establishing their sovereignty. Yet the fully enlightened earth radiates disaster triumphant. — Theodor Adorno
It is within your power at this very moment not only to consumate an act of enlightened statesmanship, but, as the instrument of the Almighty,… — Robert Dale Owen
What's right with America and what's right with Islam have a lot in common. At their highest levels, both worldviews reflect an enlightened recognition that… — Feisal Abdul Rauf
Use power carefully. Don't be afraid to have it. Learn balance and wisdom in addition to the unlocking of the kundalini, if you wish to… — Frederick Lenz
Mysticism is concerned primarily with moving our awareness field from the beginning of the band of perception, the human band, up to the enlightened bands… — Frederick Lenz
We remember a few people who've been enlightened. We build churches and edifices in their name. But few people, if any, feel that they could… — Frederick Lenz
Overcoming fear is a critical factor for anyone who wishes to be really happy, or anyone who wishes to become enlightened — Frederick Lenz
Whether it's a fully enlightened Christ or Buddha, or just a more aware Martin Luther King, Kennedy or Gandhi, what did they do with them… — Frederick Lenz
The teaching that we receive is not necessarily very accurate. The value systems that our cultures have developed are not every open. They are very… — Frederick Lenz
The planet earth is a sub-world, way below what's average, because if an enlightened being walked through New York City today, no one would see… — Frederick Lenz
Let the rain of unhappy and tragic experiences fall, as sometimes it inevitably must, even in the lives of the enlightened masters. If your mind… — Frederick Lenz
Enlightened self-interest from those involved in hydrocarbons should lead to the support of technologies enabling the clean use of hydrocarbons, such as carbon capture and… — Nicholas Stern
Business often does a good job supporting communities: the arts, universities, and scientific enterprises... But that philosophy has rarely reached poor countries. Even businesses that… — Jeffrey Sachs
The most noble of all pursuits is to be enlightened, to know truth, to have knowledge and yet be beyond even truth and knowledge, to… — Frederick Lenz

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