Enlightened Quotes

630 Enlightened quotes by 307 unique authors

Confused by thoughts, we experience duality in life. Unencumbered by ideas, the enlightened see the one Reality. — Huineng
I'm so blessed to have such enlightened parents. It must have been very hard to watch their able-bodied son lock himself up in his old… — A. Scott Berg
Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help. — Bodhidharma
Focusing on an enlightened teacher is a doorway. It is not a person. We are focusing on the light that passes through them. We are… — Frederick Lenz
You can't just sit in emptiness. Even the enlightened don't sit in emptiness. We call it emptiness - but we move our mind into a… — Frederick Lenz
If we get above the individualized soul's journey, you will see that we are all one. We are all one light. In that sense, we… — Frederick Lenz
If there wasn't a way around the samskaras, no one would ever become enlightened. — Frederick Lenz
Good karma leads to rebirth also. The desire for higher states of mind is a desire. When you are fixated on higher states of mind,… — Frederick Lenz
No self-effort in the direction of enlightenment is ever wasted. Even if you don't become fully enlightened in a given lifetime, you will be much… — Frederick Lenz
If the item of stolen property had been anything other than a book, it would have been confiscated. But a book is different—it is not… — Neal Stephenson
In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phony god's blessing. But because, I am enlightened by my intelligence. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Newton, Pascal, Bossuet, Racine, F?nelon -- that is to say, some of the most enlightened men on earth, in the most philosophical of all ages… — Luc de Clapiers
History teaches us that whenever a weak and ignorant people possess a thing which a strong and enlightened people want, it must be yielded up… — Mark Twain
Very beautiful situations have developed using chaos as part of the enlightened approach. There is chaos of all kinds developing all the time... If you… — Chogyam Trungpa
Faith is the readiness to reveal whatever is concealed. You don't have to conceal doubts by putting on patches of self-confirmation. The readiness to be… — Chogyam Trungpa
If on the one side we do not harbor the illusion that the entire proletariat must be enlightened before it can be called into battle,… — Johann Most
No enlightened person would deny its premise, but as an ongoing program it is monotonous, limited, locked in a perception of victimization. — Robert Brustein
It will afford me unfeigned satisfaction if my kingdom can add its quota toward the successful accomplishment of the most important astronomical observation of the… — Kalakaua
Morandi suggests we are all single in this world, hoping for independent repose. But our best opportunity for a community of excellence depends upon a… — Wayne Thiebaud
Each child represents either a potential addition to the protective capacity and enlightened citizenship of the nation or, if allowed to suffer from neglect, a… — Theodore Roosevelt
The supreme duty of the Nation is the conservation of human resources through an enlightened measure of social and industrial justice. We pledge ourselves to… — Theodore Roosevelt
When you are enlightened and have united your mind with the deepest and most ancient part of the mind of the universe, you are not… — Frederick Lenz
If one becomes enlightened, as I did in past incarnations, we leave the structural universes behind. We don't even have past incarnations because the form… — Frederick Lenz
A person who is enlightened does not have to reincarnate, or they may. If they chose not to, they can go beyond the wheel, and… — Frederick Lenz
Enlightenment is a lot like dying. You might wonder why there aren't more enlightened people. It is because they are afraid to die. — Frederick Lenz

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