Enlightened Quotes

630 Enlightened quotes by 307 unique authors

Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and… — William Howard Taft
The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults. — Alexis de Tocqueville
The art of Peace I practice has room for each of the world's eight million gods, and I cooperate with them all. The God of… — Morihei Ueshiba
We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest. — Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge. — Alice Walker
You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't… — Marianne Williamson
An Enlightened Master is ideal only if your goal is to become a Benighted Slave. — Robert Anton Wilson
The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested without danger. — Mary Wollstonecraft
There is always need of persons not only to discover new truths, and point out when what were once truths are true no longer, but… — John Stuart Mill
The policy of the emperors and the senate, as far as it concerned religion, was happily seconded by the reflections of the enlightened, and by… — Edward Gibbon
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. — Marianne Williamson
I consist of body and soul - in the worlds of a child. And why shouldn't we speak like children? But the enlightened, the knowledgealbe… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Cannibals? Who is not a cannibal? I tell you it will be more tolerable for the Fejee that salted down a lean missionary in his… — Herman Melville
One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. — Carl Jung
If someone who wanted to learn to dance were to say: For centuries, one generation after the other has learned the positions, and it is… — Soren Kierkegaard
I always like to see enlightened parents like that; it gives me hope for the future. — Stephen King
Patriotism, n. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as… — Ambrose Bierce
We have come to think that duty should come first. I disagree. Duty should be a by-product. Writing, the creative effort, the use of the… — Brenda Ueland
My son, by all means desist from kicking the venerable and enlightened Vizier: for as a costly jewel retains its value even if hidden in… — C.S. Lewis
Women make up one half of society. Our society will remain backward and in chains unless its women are liberated, enlightened and educated. — Saddam Hussein
There will never be a really free and enlightened state until the state comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from… — Henry David Thoreau
What a fine persecution—to be kept intrigued without ever quite being enlightened. — Tom Stoppard
After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades… — Richard Dawkins
I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of… — Thomas Jefferson
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark. — Thomas Paine

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