Quotes by Enlightenment Bourgeois society is ruled by equivalence. It makes the dissimilar comparable by reducing it to abstract quantities. To the enlightenment, that which does not reduce to numbers, and ultimately to the one, becomes illusion. Theodor Adorno enlightenmentdoenumbers My idea of enlightenment is when ego and Tao are fused, and Tao is perceived as ego. Then everything happens with complete appropriateness. Terence McKenna enlightenmentegoideas Truly, he thought, the way of enlightenment is like unto half a mile of broken glass. Terry Pratchett enlightenmentglassesbroken The sinister, the terrible never deceive: the state in which they leave us is always one of enlightenment. And only this condition of vicious insight allows us a full grasp of the world, all things considered, just as a frigid melancholy grants us full possession of ourselves. We may hide from horror only in the heart of horror. (“The Medusa”) Thomas Ligotti medusaenlightenmentheart A man searching for enlightenment is like a man sitting on an Ass in search of an Ass Thomas Merton enlightenmentsittingmen I don't believe that human beings can achieve ultimate enlightenment, because humans have flaws. Tiger Woods enlightenmentflawsbelieve It's good to bear in mind that like it or not, enlightenment has always been, even in a golden age, pretty much limited to an elite. Tom Robbins enlightenmentagemind I have searched everywhere to find an answer to my question, 'Is there enlightenment?' but have never questioned the search itself. Because I have assumed that goal of enlightenment exists, I have had to search. It is the search itself which has been choking me and keeping me out of my natural state. There is no such thing as spiritual or psychological enlightenment because there is no such thing as spirit or psyche at all. I have been a damn fool all my life, searching for something which does not exist. My search is at an end. U.G. Krishnamurti enlightenmentgoalspiritual The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity. Umberto Eco enlightenmentagereason If western culture is shown to be rich it is because, even before the Enlightenment, it has tried to "dissolve" harmful simplifications through inquiry and the critical mind. Umberto Eco western-cultureenlightenmentmind Elegance is a small price to pay for enlightenment, and I was glad to pay it. Ursula K. Le Guin enlightenmentelegancepay Enlightenment says the world is nothing Nothing but a dream, everything's an illusion And nothing is real. Van Morrison enlightenmentrealdream Enlightenment, don't know what it is. It's up to you, the way you think. Van Morrison enlightenmenteducationthinking My "drop in the ocean" will contribute to the enlightenment of Europe, so to speak. Varg Vikernes enlightenmentoceaneurope Sometimes I attract roles that are necessary either for personal growth or enlightenment. Vera Farmiga enlightenmentgrowthroles Enlightenment is just another word for feeling comfortable with being a completely ordinary person. Veronique Vienne enlightenmentgardeningfeelings The central ideas of Christianity, an angry God and vicarious atonement, are contrary to every fact in nature, as also to the better aspirations of the human heart; they are, in our present stage of enlightenment, absurd, preposterous, and blasphemous propositions. Virchand Gandhi enlightenmentheartideas One always begins with the simple, then comes the complex, and by superior enlightenment one often reverts in the end to the simple. Such is the course of human intelligence. Voltaire enlightenmentendssimple Just being the seeker, somebody whose open to spiritual enlightenment, is in itself the important thing and it's the reward for being a seeker in this world. Walter Isaacson enlightenmentimportantspiritual Enlightenment is your ego's greatest disappointment. Wayne Dyer enlightenmentegodisappointment«2223242526272829303132»
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