Enlightenment Quotes

880 Enlightenment quotes by 346 unique authors

God is not anything human. God is a force, God is chaos, God is unknown. God is terror and enlightenment at the same time. — Ralph Fiennes
Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive - that you can… — Nhat Hanh
The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death. — E. M. Forster
We need enlightenment, not just individually but collectively, to save the planet. We need to awaken ourselves. We need to practice mindfulness if we want… — Nhat Hanh
I think the Enlightenment is leading us into a dark hole, really. — David Hockney
Borrowing knowledge of reality from all sources, taking the best from every study, Science of Mind brings together the highest enlightenment of the ages. — Ernest Holmes
Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of the world as an important part of the path to… — Bell Hooks
Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. When… — Atifete Jahjaga
The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness. — Nikos Kazantzakis
The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels. — Hazrat Inayat Khan
If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them. — Dalai Lama
I just read an 800-page history of the Scottish Enlightenment and, honestly, I may as well just start it again now, because I cannot remember… — Hugh Laurie
Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment. — Elon Musk
The Bible and several other self help or enlightenment books cite the Seven Deadly Sins. They are: pride, greed, lust, envy, wrath, sloth, and gluttony.… — Dave Mustaine
I don't read for amusement, I read for enlightenment. I do a lot of reviewing, so I have a steady assignment of reading. I'm also… — Joyce Carol Oates
I would say any behavior that is not the status quo is interpreted as insanity, when, in fact, it might actually be enlightenment. Insanity is… — Chuck Palahniuk
For all the tribulations in our lives, for all the troubles that remain in the world, the decline of violence is an accomplishment that we… — Steven Pinker
The connections I draw between human nature and political systems in my new book, for example, were prefigured in the debates during the Enlightenment and… — Steven Pinker
Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free. — Bill Richardson
The writers of the French enlightenment had deliberately used blasphemy as a weapon, refusing to accept the power of the Church to set limiting points… — Salman Rushdie

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