Enlightenment Quotes

880 quotes by 346 authors

The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the only… — Will Durant
My dear brothers, never forget, when you hear the progress of enlightenment vaunted, that the devil's best trick is to persuade you that he doesn't… — Charles Baudelaire
The succession of thoughts appears in time, but the gap between two of them is outside time. The gap itself is normally unobserved. The chance… — Paul Brunton
The true Enlightenment thinker, the true rationalist, never wants to talk anyone into anything. No, he does not even want to convince; all the time… — Karl Popper
Cultural contamination that is directed outward is always seen as â€˜enlightenment. — David Brin
Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment. — Nikola Tesla
The sublimated idealism of the Enlightenment, the spirit of the League of Nations and of the United Nations Charter have not proved strong enough to… — Christopher Dawson
We need to learn that truth consists not in correct doctrine, but in correct doctrine plus the inward enlightenment of the Holy Spirit. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
People say that practicing Zen is difficult, but there is a misunderstanding as to why. It is not difficult because it is hard to sit… — Shunryu Suzuki
Although we have no actual written communications from the world of emptiness, we have some hints or suggestions about what is going on in that… — Shunryu Suzuki
People imagine enlightenment will make them incredibly powerful. And it does. It makes you the most powerful being in all the universe- but usually no… — Brad Warner
Enlightenment is like everyday consciousness but two inches above the ground. — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
The zazen I speak of is not learning meditation. It is simply the Dharma gate of repose and bliss, the practice-realization of totally culminated enlightenment.… — Dogen
To study the Way is to study the Self. To study the Self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be… — Dogen
I came to the conclusion that we should aspire to increase the scope and scale of human consciousness in order to better understand what questions… — Elon Musk
It is wisdom to know others. It is enlightenment to know oneself. — Laozi
My mother's a Buddhist. In Buddhism, if you want to achieve enlightenment, you have to do it through meditation and self-improvement through the mind. That's… — Tiger Woods
We live in a world shaped by the ambiguous legacy of the Enlightenment...[it] enlarged the scope of human freedom, prepared our minds for the scientific… — James Q. Wilson
The progress of human enlightenment can go no further than in picturing people not as vicious, but as mistaken. — Kenneth Burke
Enlightenment means choosing to dwell in a state of presence rather than in time.Â It means saying yes to what is. — Eckhart Tolle

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