Alternatives Quote by Eugen Drewermann

“The Enlightened One said: I am not at variance with the unenlightened mind, the unenlightened mind is at variance with me. What it accepts,…

— Ashva·ghosha

I think Enlightenment as an epistemic ideal involves rejecting the appeal to a fundamental stratum of non-conceptual self-evidence.

— Ray Brassier

Unbelief is as much of a choice as belief is. What makes it in many ways more appealing is that whereas to believe in…

— Frederick Buechner

There are two objectionable types of believers: those who believe the incredible and those who believe that 'belief' must be discarded and replaced by…

— Max Born

An enlightened person does not ignore things and does not stick to things, not even to the truth.

— Shunryu Suzuki

Spirituality authors, who are generally forgiving of most human foibles ... take a hard line on intellectualism.... Skepticism they view with contempt, as the…

— Wendy Kaminer

Enlightenment is the "quiet acceptance of what is". I believe the truly enlightened beings are those who refuse to allow themselves to be distressed…

— Anonymous

Enlightenment is choicelessness. But don`t misunderstand me. Before that, you will have to move very cautiously, choosing the right against the wrong, choosing the…

— Rajneesh

An enlightened person is someone who shifts from one plateau of knowledge to another.

— Frederick Lenz

“Being enlightened ironically means realizing that there is no separate entity that can be enlightened or unenlightened.”

— Enza Vita

Don't care what anybody says about enlightenment, except the enlightened and those who seek it.

— Frederick Lenz

Clearly, Enlightenment thinkers were seeking a God substitute.

— Nancy Pearcey