Enlightened Quotes

630 Enlightened quotes by 307 unique authors

Intelligent people know others. Enlightened people know themselves. — Laozi
All discourse of which others cannot partake is not only an irksome usurpation of the time devoted to pleasure and entertainment, but, what never fails… — Samuel Johnson
To the enlightened man... whose consciousness embraces the universe, to him the universe becomes his 'body', while the physical body becomes the manifestation of the… — Anagarika Govinda
Shankara commented on Krishna, on the Upanishads, on the Brahma Sutras. Ramanuja commented on the ancient enlightened people, Vallabha did the same. It has always… — Rajneesh
Conscience is merely our own judgment of the right or wrong of our actions, and so can never be a safe guide unless enlightened by… — Tryon Edwards
Watching both the health care and climate/energy debates in Congress, it is hard not to draw the following conclusion: There is only one thing worse… — Thomas Friedman
When we commit ourselves to writing for some part of each day, we are happier, more enlightened, alive, light-hearted and generous to everyone else. Even… — Brenda Ueland
We walk, and our religion is shown even to the dullest and most insensitive person in how we walk. Or to put it more accurately,… — Reginald Horace Blyth
The enlightened attention rejects nothing nor welcomes anything-like a mirror it responds equally to all. — Zhuangzi
The person who says, 'I'm enlightened' probably isn't. — Ram Dass
There is nobody who is so enlightened that they don't need to work on themselves. — Terence McKenna
Imagine a world in which we are all enlightened by objective truths rather than offended by them. — Neil deGrasse Tyson
May we be enlightened by a ray of the light that comes from Bethlehem, the light of He who is 'The Greatest' and made himself… — Pope Benedict XVI
Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness's of other people. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of… — Carl Jung
Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as an enlightened person. There is only enlightened activity. — Shunryu Suzuki
There is a great difference between feeding parties to wild beasts and stirring up their finer feelings in an inquisition. One is the system of… — Mark Twain
Civilization largely consists in hiding human nature. When the barbarian learns to hide it we account him enlightened. — Mark Twain
If I say, if I talk about, 'I want to be enlightened...' it implies a future. And there isn't any. — Byron Katie
I had a great teacher in India who said to me, 'If you think you're spiritual and evolved and enlightened, go home for Christmas.' — Elizabeth Gilbert
An enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic. Self-government is not possible unless the citizens are educated sufficiently to enable them… — Thomas Jefferson
Enlightened Society is all about nurturing the human spirit - waking up to the goodness, kindness and strength that we already have. — Sakyong Mipham
I hope you will attain enlightenment. I am here to tell you that you already have! But you don't know... The difference between the Buddha… — Sakyong Mipham
...angels... are always being filled full of light, becoming ever more radiant and making blessed use of their natural ability to change. They dance for… — Gregory Palamas
It's possible to be completely enlightened... except with your family. — Chogyam Trungpa
Shambhala vision is universal. It has no bias towards one type of culture or group. It is not ethnocentric and does not encourage one specific… — Sakyong Mipham

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