Enlightened Quotes

630 Enlightened quotes by 307 unique authors

I feel that what mathematics needs least are pundits who issue prescriptions or guidelines for presumably less enlightened mortals. — Unknown Author
Having traveled across America and to 24 counties as the first-ever UN Youth Champion, I’m inspired by the desire of young people everywhere to make… — Monique Coleman
The enlightened world will be one in which everyone is in love with everyone all the time. We will see each other as God created… — Marianne Williamson
There was a famous Zen master whom people would seek out to become enlightened. He was strict and would occupy people with things having nothing… — Masaaki Hatsumi
Art is a necessity - an essential part of our enlightenment process. We cannot, as a civilized society, regard ourselves as being enlightened without the… — Ken Danby
There are some who maintain that trade will regulate itself, and it is not to be benefited by the encouragements or restraints of government. Such… — Alexander Hamilton
Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. — James Madison
Only a couple of times have I ever been to church and felt enlightened by it — Lynn Johnston
Even the enlightened person remains what he is, and is never more than his own limited ego before the One who dwells within him, whose… — Carl Jung
There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil. — Robert E. Lee
Elderly people and those in authority cannot always be relied upon to take enlightened and comprehending views of what they call the indiscretions of youth. — Winston Churchill
The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned. — Carlos Fuentes
Anti-Semitism is a horrible disease from which nobody is immune, and it has a kind of evil fascination that makes an enlightened person draw near… — Mary McCarthy
In the assemblies of the enlightened ones there have been many cases of mastering the Way bringing forth the heart of plants and trees; this… — Dogen
Women should not be enlightened or educated in any way. They should, in fact, be segregated as they are the cause of hideous and involuntary… — Saint Augustine
Men and women are not free to love decently until they have analyzed themselves completely and swept away every mystery from sex; and this means… — Aleister Crowley
The more we try and understand enlightenment the more it will elude us. And that's because enlightenment does not come from the mind. It comes… — Anita Moorjani
A virtuous man or woman who is determined to develop the Supreme Enlightened Mind, should thus develop it: I have to lead all living beings… — Gautama Buddha
You have to do your own work; Enlightened Ones will only show the way. Those who practise meditation will free themselves from the chains of… — Gautama Buddha
You yourself must earnestly practise, the enlightened ones only proclaim the path — Gautama Buddha
Abstain from all sinful, unwholesome actions, perform only pious wholesome ones, purify the mind; this is the teaching of enlightened ones — Gautama Buddha
The enlightened give thanks for what most people take for granted.... As you begin to be grateful for what most people take for granted, the… — Michael Beckwith
Imagine that every person in the world is enlightened but you. They are all your teachers, each doing just the right things to help you… — Gautama Buddha
To finish building the free society dreamed of by Washington, Franklin, and Jefferson, we must draw upon the resources of the enlightened imagination, which can… — Robert Thurman
If only we could be enlightened enough to be able to listen in the silence. — Paulo Coelho

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