Enlightenment Quotes

880 quotes by 346 authors

The the illuminated mind the whole world sparkles with light. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are many paths to enlightenment. Be sure to take the one with a heart. — Laozi
Unity is divinity, purity is enlightenment. — Sathya Sai Baba
Nonresistance, nonjudgment, and nonattachment are the three aspects of true freedom and enlightened living. — Eckhart Tolle
The word enlightenment conjures up the idea of some superhuman accomplishment, and the ego likes to keep it that way, but it is simply your… — Eckhart Tolle
To start from the self and try to understand all things is delusion. To let the self be awakened by all things is enlightenment. — Dogen
Enlightenment is always through surrender, but surrender is achieved through intelligence. Only idiots cannot surrender. To surrender you need great intelligence. To see the point… — Rajneesh
Art is a necessity, an essential part of our enlightenment process. — Ken Danby
Freedom is not a luxury that we can indulge in when at last we have security and prosperity and enlightenment; it is, rather, antecedent to… — Henry Steele Commager
Why write a book on uncovering past lives? Because the benefits for personal empowerment, healing, and enlightenment are tremendous. — Ted Andrews
Mysticism is: a. An advanced state of inner enlightenment. b. Union with Reality. c. A state of genuinely satisfying success. d. Insight into an entirely… — Vernon Howard
[The] erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken… — H. L. Mencken
To limit yourself to a label of "alcoholic" is masochistic and false if you have awakened a deeper spiritual identity within and have come to… — Deepak Chopra
That's the moment of enlightenment. That is the moment that you become for the first time an unconditioned, sane, really free human being. — Rajneesh
Witnessing can be called the seed and enlightenment can be called the flowers. But begin from witnessing, and then it starts growing. Go on nourishing… — Rajneesh
The family gives you ambition, and ambition is one of the hindrances for enlightenment. It gives you desires, it gives you a longing to be… — Rajneesh
Enlightenment is choicelessness. But don`t misunderstand me. Before that, you will have to move very cautiously, choosing the right against the wrong, choosing the truer… — Rajneesh
You will have to learn ways of relaxing in the present. Enlightenment is not an effort to achieve something. It is a state of effortlessness.… — Rajneesh
When Zen masters say `effortlessness` they are referring to the state when your enlightenment is well rooted. Now there is no need of any effort;… — Rajneesh
Godliness is the fragrance of the man who has attained enlightenment. — Rajneesh

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