Quotes by Enlightenment I realize that I've had a very idyllic vision of what spirituality looks like. Honestly, most of Western culture has an idyllic and simplified idea of what enlightenment entails. Alexander Weinstein enlightenmentvisionideas Self-interest is hostile to the common good, but enlightened self-interest is not. And this is the best key to the meaning of enlightenment. Allan Bloom enlightenmentkeysself Since the Enlightenment, popular religion has rejected the Enlightenment path and transformed itself into a bastion of resistance against reason. Allen W. Wood enlightenmentresistancepath The species of anti-Enlightenment religion we find among evangelical protestants is far more impoverished, anti-intellectual and downright wretched. Allen W. Wood evangelicalenlightenmentintellectual It can be made only when one recognizes the ground of being itself, when one recognizes directly that One is All. Amit Goswami enlightenmentmade Once you get to the Enlightenment, the way that powers get to be hyperpowers isn't just by conquest. It's through commerce and innovation. Societies like the Dutch Republic and the United States used tolerance to become a magnet for enterprising immigrants. Amy Chua enlightenmenttoleranceinnovation No one who has lived even for a fleeting moment for something other than life in its conventional sense and has experienced the exaltation that this feeling produces can then renounce his new freedom so easily. Andre Breton enlightenmentfeelingslife If you ever reach enlightenment. will you remember how to laugh? Andrea Gibson enlightenmentrememberlaughing Everybody wants to get enlightened but nobody wants to change. Andrew Cohen enlightenmentchangeliterature No single step in the persuit of enlightenment should ever be considered sacred; only the search was. Ann Druyan enlightenmentsacredsteps The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines. Anne Lamott enlightenmentsnackslong There is no whit less enlightenment under the tree by your street than there was under the Buddha's bo tree. I invite you to go sit under that tree by your street. Annie Dillard enlightenmentnaturetree It seems that the more places I see and experience, the bigger I realize the world to be. The more I become aware of, the more I realize how relatively little I know of it, how many places I have still to go, how much more there is to learn. Maybe that's enlightenment enough - to know that there is no final resting place of the mind, no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom, at least for me, means realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go. Anthony Bourdain enlightenmentmindmean Maybe that’s enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom...is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go. -Anthony Bourdain Anthony Bourdain enlightenmentfinalsmind What you are aware of you are in control of; what you are not aware of is in control of you. Anthony de Mello spiritualityenlightenmentspiritual Enlightenment is: absolute cooperation with the inevitable. Anthony de Mello cooperationenlightenmentinevitable Before enlightenment, I used to be depressed; after enlightenment, I continue to be depressed. Anthony de Mello used-to-beenlightenmentused To relate is to react. To react is to understand oneself. To understand oneself is to be enlightened. Relationships are schools for enlightenment. Anthony de Mello enlightenmentawarenessschool Life is an endless, truly endless struggle. There's no time when we're going to arrive at a plateau where the whole thing gets sorted. It's a struggle in the way every plant has to find it's own way to stand up straight. A lot of the time it's a failure. And yet it's not a failure if some enlightenment comes from it. Arthur Miller enlightenmentstrugglespiritual When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. Atifete Jahjaga accountabilityenlightenmentinformation«1234567891011»
