Quotes by Enlightenment The effect of the post-Enlightenment project for human society is that all human activity is absorbed into labor. It becomes an unending cycle of production for the sake of consumption. The modern concept of "built-in obsolescence" makes this clear. The cycle of production and consumption has to be kept going, and the work of the artist or craftsman who aims to create something enduring becomes marginal to the economic order. Lesslie Newbigin enlightenmentartistorder Looking for enlightenment is like looking for a flashlight when all you need the flashlight for is to find the flashlight. Lew Welch flashlightsenlightenmentneeds Eating meat is a leftover of the greatest brutality [killing]; the transition to vegetarianism is the first and most natural consequence of enlightenment. Leo Tolstoy enlightenmentmeatvegetarianism A burrito is a delicious food item that breaks down all social barriers and leads to temporary spiritual enlightenment. Lisi Harrison enlightenmentburritosspiritual God and I will achieve Supreme Enlightenment at the same moment. Lon Milo DuQuette enlightenmentachievemoments I'd been busy, busy, so busy, preparing for life, while life floated by me, quiet and swift as a regatta. Lorene Cary enlightenmentbusyquiet The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th century secular enlightenment were biblical and theological in spite of themselves. M. H. Abrams philosopherenlightenmentbiblical Even in the world, the yogi who faithfully discharges his responsibilities, without personal motive or attachment, treads the sure path of enlightenment. Mahavatar Babaji enlightenmentattachmentresponsibility The whole purpose of life is to gain enlightenment. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi enlightenmentpurposegoal The process of education takes place in the field of consciousness; the prerequisite to complete education is therefore the full development of consciousness - enlightenment. Knowledge is not the basis of enlightenment, enlightenment is the basis of knowledge. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi enlightenmentdevelopmentfields Your time has a limit set to it. Use it, then, to advance your enlightenment; or it will be gone, and never in your power again. Marcus Aurelius enlightenmentusegone Enlightenment doesn't mean we were never wounded; it means we've found a way to evolve beyond our wounds. Enlightenment isn't idealistic; it's practical. What's idealistic is thinking we can live from our wounds, stay in our weakness, and ever transform the world. Marianne Williamson enlightenmentmeanthinking The fact is that all the important political philosophers and scientists from the great Aristotle on, with the exception of those of the French Enlightenment and Mill, have sided with the powers that be. Mario Bunge enlightenmentpoliticalimportant Enlightenment is the only real antidote to the world's despair. Marianne Williamson enlightenmentdespairreal Sometimes it takes more courage not to let yourself see. Sometimes knowledge is damaging - not enlightenment but enleadenment. Marisha Pessl enlightenmentsometimes If we only identify with the mortal world, then we identify with a level of scarcity and lack and brokenness, and that will be our experience. But if we shift our experience of self-identification - and this is what enlightenment is - from the body-self to the spiritual-self, then we place ourselves under an entirely different set of possibilities and probabilities. Marianne Williamson enlightenmentselfspiritual The last thing we should do is allow ourselves to be infantilized by a counterfeit version of enlightenment. Marianne Williamson enlightenmentlastsshould No true search for enlightenment ignores the suffering of other sentient beings. Ever. We simply need to create a way to address that suffering while remaining in a blissful center. Marianne Williamson suffering-of-othersenlightenmentneeds Relationship are part of the vast plan for our enlightenment. Marianne Williamson enlightenmentplansrelationship Enlightenment is awakened awareness. Mark Victor Hansen awakenedenlightenmentawareness«1819202122232425262728»
