Quotes by Enlightenment 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 enlightenmentattentiongiving Since life is but a continuous series of experiences, everything ultimately helps me towards my final enlightenment. Sri Chinmoy enlightenmentfinalslife A fully blossomed human potential is enlightenment. It is becoming a child again, and coming back to your original nature. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar enlightenmentbecomingchildren The recurrence during the eighteenth century Enlightenment of the aspiration to be the 'Newton of the moral sciences' testifies to the prestige not just of celestial mechanics, but of the 'experimental method' more generally. Stefan Collini newtonenlightenmentmoral It is from cowardice and not from want of enlightenment that we do not read in our own hearts. Stendhal enlightenmentselfheart Enlightenment is freedom, the thought of enlightenment is prison. Stephen Levine enlightenmentprisonmoments We can continue our quest for improvement or not. We can search for happiness, enlightenment, security or identity or not. The search is not wrong; it is unrelated to the actual world. Steven Harrison enlightenmentidentityworld For all the tribulations in our lives, for all the troubles that remain in the world, the decline of violence is an accomplishment that we can savor - and an impetus to cherish the forces of civilization and enlightenment that made it possible. Steven Pinker enlightenmentaccomplishmentcivilization The connections I draw between human nature and political systems in my new book, for example, were prefigured in the debates during the Enlightenment and during the framing of the American Constitution. Steven Pinker enlightenmentpoliticalbook Enlightenment is not about becoming divine. Instead it's about becoming more fully human. . . . It is the end of ignorance. Surya Das enlightenmentbecomingignorance The point of recapitulation in the first movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony unleashes one of the most horrifyingly violent episodes in the history of music....The point is not to hold up Beethoven as exceptionally monstrous. The Ninth Symphony is probably our most compelling articulation in music of the contradictory impulses that have organized patriarchal culture since the Enlightenment. Moreover, within the parameters of his own musical compositions, he may be heard as enacting a critique of narrative obligations that is...devestating. Susan McClary enlightenmentsymphonymusical In the most general terms, the Enlightenment goes back to Plato's belief that truth and beauty and goodness are connected; that truth and beauty, disseminated widely, will sooner or later lead to goodness. (While we're making at effort at truth and goodness, beauty reminds us what we're hold out for.) Susan Neiman enlightenmenteffortplato No one's life is totally morbid. Even on a subtle scale there's little flashes of enlightenment and of happiness and joy. Sylvester Stallone enlightenmentlittlesjoy Enlightenment, and the death which comes before it, is the primary business of Varanasi. Tahir Shah varanasiprimariesenlightenment I have made a vow to attain Enlightenment in the female form - no matter how many lifetimes it takes. Tenzin Palmo enlightenmentfemalematter People get very deep experiences and they think they're enlightened. That's not enlightenment, that's just some realization. Tenzin Palmo enlightenmentpeoplethinking To be completely enlightened means that you're a Buddha.I don't speak of enlightenment. Tenzin Palmo enlightenmentspeakmean Enlightenment is any experience of expanding our consciousness beyond its present limits. Thaddeus Golas enlightenmentlimitsage Enlightenment is any experience of expanding our consciousness beyond its present limits. We could also say that perfect enlightenment is realizing that we have no limits at all, and that the entire universe is alive. Thaddeus Golas enlightenmentaliveperfect Culture is the greatest barrier to your enlightenment, your education, and your decency. Terence McKenna enlightenmentbarriersculture«2223242526272829303132»
