Buddhism Quote by Ibram X. Kendi

“most of the leading Enlightenment intellectuals were producers of racist ideas and abolitionist thought.10”

— Ibram X. Kendi

Enlightenment is the experience of pure light.

— Frederick Lenz

Throughout history, every period of enlightenment has been accompanied by darkness, pushing in opposition. Such are laws of nature and balance.

— Dan Brown

Enlightenment consists not merely in the seeing of luminous shapes and visions, but in making the darkness visible. The latter procedure is more difficult…

— Carl Jung

“Black and white are nothing more than lofty ideals in our minds, the standards by which we try to judge things, and map out…

— Anonymous

“Consciousness over Color, Intelligence over Ignorance”

— johnjwillard

“The journey towards understanding structural racism still requires people of colour to prioritise white feelings.”

— Reni Eddo-Lodge

“Understanding whiteness, regardless of class, is key to understanding racism.”

— Debby Irving

“Even the great thinkers of the Enlightenment, with their commitment to reason, failed to recognize the ways they stereotyped others.”

— Phyllis Goldstein

“The efforts to rise from darkness into light, from ignorance to knowledge, from prejudices to free thinking, make us real wise beings.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“The essential element in the black art of obscurantism is not that it wants to darken individual understanding, but that it wants to blacken…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.

— Nikos Kazantzakis