Enlightenment Quotes

880 Enlightenment quotes by 346 unique authors

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. It means saying yes to what is. — Eckhart Tolle
So the single most vital step on your journey toward enlightenment is this: learn to disidentify from your mind. Every time you create a gap… — Eckhart Tolle
Pain is the fuel that lights the flame of our enlightenment — Eckhart Tolle
It is the courage to be authentic that keeps us strong enough to withstand the heartbreak through which enlightenment can occur. And it is by… — Mark Nepo
The goal of the Transcendental Meditation technique is the state of enlightenment. This means we experience that inner calmness, that quiet state of least excitation,… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Enlightenment is a direct experience with reality. — Pema Chodron
There is only one way of attaining liberation and of obtaining the omniscience of enlightenment: following an authentic spiritual master. — Sogyal Rinpoche
God and I will achieve Supreme Enlightenment at the same moment. — Lon Milo DuQuette
Enlightenment! When it comes, it comes like a brick to the head, doesn't it? — Scott Lynch
Human intellectual progress, such as it has been, results from our long struggle to see things 'as they are,' or in the most universally comprehensible… — Barbara Ehrenreich
WHETHER BEINGS LOVE ME OR FEAR ME IS IRRELEVANT. IF BEINGS GIVE ME THEIR ATTENTION I WILL TAKE THEM TO ENLIGHTENMENT AND BLISS. — St. Germain

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