Enlightenment Quotes

880 Enlightenment quotes by 346 unique authors

In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction. — John of the Cross
Enlightenment is any experience of expanding our consciousness beyond its present limits. — Thaddeus Golas
Not a few patients, however, suffering from certain forms of mental disorder, regain a high degree of insight into their mental condition in what might… — Clifford Whittingham Beers
Enlightenment is not something you achieve. It is the absence of something. All your life you have been going forward after something, pursuing some goal.… — Joko Beck
Modernity, the child of the Enlightenment, failed when it became apparent that the good society cannot be achieved by unaided reason. — Robert Bork
There is no whit less enlightenment under the tree by your street than there was under the Buddha's bo tree. I invite you to go… — Annie Dillard
To relate is to react. To react is to understand oneself. To understand oneself is to be enlightened. Relationships are schools for enlightenment. — Anthony de Mello
The central ideas of Christianity, an angry God and vicarious atonement, are contrary to every fact in nature, as also to the better aspirations of… — Virchand Gandhi
Relaxation is the point. And if you can relax with an enlightened person his enlightenment will start penetrating you, because when you are relaxed you… — Rajneesh
Collective guilt is borne by what is conventionally called the scapegoat. Now the scapegoat for white society - which is based on myths of progress,… — Frantz Fanon
As Enlightenment philosophers and scholars consciously adopted the methods of science to establish such abstract concepts as rights, liberty, and justice, successive generations have become… — Michael Shermer
And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment. — Bodhidharma
Not creating delusions is enlightenment. — Bodhidharma
Don't think you can attain total awareness and whole enlightenment without proper discipline and practice. This is egomania. Appropriate rituals channel your emotions and life… — Laozi
The United States cannot reshape other countries in its own image and that, with a few exceptions, its efforts to police the world are neither… — George F. Kennan
Put on the music, and listen. Zazen means to sit, to listen. You're listening to enlightenment, to the universes, to the planes of mind. — Frederick Lenz
According to accounts of the Buddha's life, it would seem that he had a very deep relationship with nature. He was not born in the… — Dalai Lama
Anything but enlightenment is pure pain; it is the lack of enlightenment. — Frederick Lenz
Without enlightenment, everything in life is harsh. Sooner or later you see everyone you love die, unless you die first, of course. This causes you… — Frederick Lenz
Anything but enlightenment is pure pain; it is the lack of enlightenment. There are joys, of course, and they should be enjoyed. There are sorrows,… — Frederick Lenz
Reality is not the world as you perceive it. Reality is the world perceived through enlightenment. It's the same world; but it's not the same… — Frederick Lenz
Everyone is afraid of enlightenment, knowledge, completion. People are afraid of being exposed. — Frederick Lenz
Reincarnation is not what a lot of people think. Yes, we are eternal. No, everyone does not attain enlightenment; it's not necessary; life is smarter… — Frederick Lenz
My favorite cause is the enlightenment of others. I think that is the best place to put money. You get the highest yield in terms… — Frederick Lenz
No self-effort in the direction of enlightenment is ever wasted. Even if you don't become fully enlightened in a given lifetime, you will be much… — Frederick Lenz

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