Quotes of: Enlighten Keyword

The social and industrial structure of America is founded upon an enlightened citizenship.

Bainbridge Colby

The contemplation of consciousness—which is the contemplation of no-thing whatsoever—is endlessly fascinating. It’s like staring at a candle in a dark night—you find yourself mesmerized by something that is unchanging yet infinitely compellin...

Evolutionary Enlightenment: A New Path to Spiritual Awakening

We know very well that we have ancestors. But our ancestors are not only human. We have animal ancestors; we have plant ancestors; and we have mineral ancestors. Our human ancestors are still very young. Human beings appeared very late in the history...

Good Citizens: Creating Enlightened Society

Is magic not enough to live for?" Widget asks. "Magic," the man in the grey suit repeats, turning the word into a laugh. "This is not magic. This is the way the world is, only very few people take the time to stop and note it. Look around you," he sa...

The Night Circus

When one of the emperors of China asked Bodhidharma (the Zen master who brought Zen from India to China) what enlightenment was, his answer was, “Lots of space, nothing holy.” Meditation is nothing holy. Therefore there’s nothing that you think...

Start Where You Are: A Guide to Compassionate Living

Too often, contemporary continental philosophers take the “other” of philosophy to mean literature, but not religion, which is for them just a little too wholly other, a little beyond their much heralded tolerance of alterity. They retain an anta...

John D. Caputo

At the last stages of the journey, there’s no journey at all.

Evolving Dharma: Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment

Cultural contamination that is directed outward is always seen as ‘enlightenment.

Glory Season

Saat buah persik tengah matang, tak ada yang meninggalkan pasar tanpa membeli satu.

Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment

Namun guru yang paling baik adalah yang mengajar tanpa bicara apa-apa

Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment

Inexperience can be overcome, ignorance can be enlightened, but prejudice will destroy you.

The Black Gryphon

Sometimes enlightenment descends upon you when you least expect it...

Brother Odd

One of the Age of Enlightenment's most hypnotic images is Ledoux's rendering of his neoclassical theater of 1775 - 1784 in Besancon, surreally reflected in the colossal eye of an unidentified cosmic being.

Martin Filler

An enlightened person raises the level of the consciousness of the entire community.

The Journal Keeper: A Memoir

There is an enlightened way to flow with, in, and through conflict.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

You are awareness, disguised as a person.

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

The Encyclopedia--the advance artillery of reason, the armada of philosophy, the siege engine of the enlightenment...

The Philosopher's Kiss: A Novel

Flawed as they may be, science and the secular Enlightenment values expressed in Western democracies are our best hope for survival.

Michael Shermer

I think it may not be a coincidence that the rise of printing and book publication and literacy and the phenomenon of best sellers all preceded the humanitarian reforms of the Enlightenment.

Steven Pinker

Enlightenment is not about cocooning one’s self, but about integrating more fully with both your self and life.

Jay Woodman

An enlightened thinker does not waste his precious time thinking about what others think of what he thinks.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana