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A ray of imagination or of wisdom may enlighten the universe, and glow into remotest centuries. — George Berkeley
God [is] not the exclusive property of any one tradition. The divine light [cannot] be confined to a single lamp, belonging to the East or… — Karen Armstrong
As artists, we have an opportunity to help the public evolve, raise consciousness and awareness, teach, heal, enlighten and inspire in ways the democratic process… — Lauryn Hill
If from one burning lamp someone lights another, then another from that one, and so on in succession, he has light continuously. In the same… — Gregory Palamas
Failure to spend the [presentation] time wisely and well, failure to educate, entertain, elucidate, enlighten, and most important of all, failure to maintain attention and… — Jay H. Lehr
Everything you do, every experience that you have, enlightens you a little bit or worsens you. — Paul Dano
Arya Maloney updates the basis and practice of transpersonal psychology by using the spiritual principles of India's masters and the transformational alchemy inherent in his… — Arnold Mindell
Iran can recruit hundreds of suicide bombers a day. Suicide is an invincible weapon. Suicide bombers in this land showed us the way, and they… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
To have a developed intellect is always helpful if one can enlighten it from above and turn it to a divine use. — Sri Aurobindo
Geometry enlightens the intellect and sets one's mind right. All of its proofs are very clear and orderly. It is hardly possible for errors to… — Ibn Khaldun
The Jews are a race and not a religion. My goal was not to persecute the Jews but to enlighten Gentiles to put them on… — Julius Streicher
This is the great object held out by this association; and the means of attaining it is illumination, enlightening the understanding by the sun of… — Adam Weishaupt
I had to dance topless for two years to make cash to pay my bills and save some money. But it was very enlightening, by… — Susan Powter
Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has… — Edward Said
We will not forget that Liberty has made her home here, nor shall her chosen altar be neglected...A stream of light shall pierce the darkness… — Grover Cleveland
We saw one school-house in our walk, and listened to the sounds which issued from it; but it appeared like a place where the process,… — Henry David Thoreau
As you become more present in your own life, you will begin to enlighten others by your example. — Germany Kent
The first setting in which faith enlightens the human city is the family. — Pope Francis
No people are true Christians who do not think constantly of how they can lift their brother and sister, how they can assist their friends,… — Woodrow Wilson
Getting photographs is not the most important thing. For me it's the act of photographing. It's enlightening, therapeutic and satisfying, because the very process forces… — Michael Kenna
Religion indeed enlightens, terrifies, subdues; it gives faith, it inflicts remorse, it inspires resolutions, it draws tears, it inflames devotion, but only for the occasion. — John Henry Newman
The kitchen of the body darkens the lives of lovers. Fasting came to enlighten them. — Rumi
In commemoration of the fact that France was our ally in securing independence the citizens of that nation joined with the citizens of the United… — William Jennings Bryan
The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes. — Henri Frederic Amiel
I very much was inspired by Bill Bryson. He does cover science, but more often, it's a mixture of science and travel, and whatever he… — Mary Roach

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