Enlightenment Quotes

880 Enlightenment quotes by 346 unique authors

I am a lazy man. Laziness keeps me from believing that enlightenment demands effort, discipline, strict diet, non-smoking, and other evidences of virtue. There is… — Thaddeus Golas
The motive for purifying yourself - that you feel spiritually impure - will prevent any genuine gain until you learn to love the impurity you… — Thaddeus Golas
There are many paths to enlightenment. Some of us who have expanded to a degree of illumination have thereafter preached the dogmatic certainty of one… — Thaddeus Golas
Enlightenment is the understanding that this is all, that this is perfect, that this is it. Enlightenment is not an achievement, it is an understanding… — Rajneesh
Enlightenment is like witnessing the brilliant sun for the first time in the morning. It is like seeing the beautiful flowers that grow in the… — Chogyam Trungpa
The study of infinity is much more than a dry academic game. The intellectual pursuit of the absolute infinity is, as Georg Cantor realized, a… — Rudy Rucker
When light engages the heart, it causes an illumination of the path, a purification of the consciousness, an enlightenment of the intellect and an establishment… — Habib Umar bin Hafiz
Ask yourself these two questions: Do I remember at every moment that I am dying, and that everyone and everything else is, and so treat… — Sogyal Rinpoche
There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment. — Stanislav Grof
Enlightenment means literally aligning to the Energy of my Source. And genius is only about focusing. Law of Attraction takes care of everything else. Physical… — Esther Hicks
Good humor and enthusiasm should be the sunshine ahead that will keep that shadow behind. — Unknown Author
Logic is the key to an all-inclusive spiritual well-being. — Marlene Dietrich
Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment. — Dogen
Enlightenment does not ask you to be perfect; it simply asks you to find perfection right where you stand. — Alan Cohen
No government by experts in which the masses do not have the chance to inform the experts as to their needs can be anything but… — John Dewey
Enlightenment is lightening up. — Mike Myers
Enlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The joy of suddenly learning a former secret and the joy of suddenly discovering a hitherto unknown truth are the same to me - both… — Paul Halmos
As God talked with Arjuna, so will He talk with you. As He lifted up the spirit and consciousness of Arjuna, so will He uplift… — Paramahansa Yogananda
The Spirit bears witness. Ecstasy and enlightenment, inspiration and intuition are not necessary. Happy is the man who is worthy of these; but woe unto… — Karl Barth
Morals are not the important thing-nor enlightenment-nor civilization. A man can do absolutely well without them, but he can't do without something to eat. The… — Mark Twain
The search ends with the realization that there is no such thing as enlightenment. By searching, you want to be free from the self, but… — U.G. Krishnamurti
The curve of life is like the parabola of a projectile which, disturbed from its initial state of rest, rises and then returns to a… — Carl Jung
Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer… — Eric S. Raymond
Since my first discussions of ecological problems with Professor John Day around 1950 and since reading Konrad Lorenz's "King Solomon's Ring," I have become increasingly… — Allan McLeod Cormack

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