Enlightenment Quotes

880 Enlightenment quotes by 346 unique authors

Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life. — William Blake
There are massive stacks of bad choices in my backyard. Haven't finished cleaning the place up but I'm workin' on it and clearly I have… — Buddy Wakefield
The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same… — H. L. Mencken
In Europe, the Enlightenment of the 18th century was seen as a battle against the desire of the Church to limit intellectual freedom, a battle… — Salman Rushdie
Men of vision caught glimpses of truth and beauty shining aloft like stars: and in these glimpses was a new hope for the unification of… — Unknown Author
Since life is but a continuous series of experiences, everything ultimately helps me towards my final enlightenment. — Sri Chinmoy
Love is the state of enlightenment and enlightenment is the state of love. You can't make any separation between them. Enlightenment is the state of… — Barry Long
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment. — Laozi
Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength. — Laozi
Enlightenment is the "quiet acceptance of what is". I believe the truly enlightened beings are those who refuse to allow themselves to be distressed over… — Wayne Dyer
Enlightenment of your brain means the limited capacity of your brain has to become unlimited in its capacity to realize God. — Nirmala Srivastava
When you are realized, you can start feeling your own chakras and the chakras of other people. This is enlightenment. — Nirmala Srivastava
Painting is a means of self-enlightenment. — John Olsen
Things flourish, then each returns to its root. Returning to the root is called stillness: Stillness is called return to life, return to life is… — Laozi
A flash of enlightenment offers a preview of coming attractions, but when it fades, you will see more clearly what separates you from that state… — Dan Millman
It is quite natural, in pursuing enlightenment or just in trying to be happier, to look to your everyday experiences for signs of results. Indeed,… — Thaddeus Golas
Enlightenment means rising above thought, not falling back to a level below thought, the level of an animal or a plant. In the enlightened state,… — Eckhart Tolle
Don't move. Just die over and over. Don't anticipate. Nothing can save you now because you have only this moment. Not even enlightenment will help… — Shunryu Suzuki
It is a special kind of enlightenment to have this feeling that the usual, the way things normally are, is odduncanny and highly improbable. G.K.Chesterton… — Alan Watts
You don't want to know the Truth, you want to know the truth as you understand it. This is the greatest barrier to your enlightenment.… — Neale Donald Walsch

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