Quotes About Enlightenment

Over the course of my life, I have made many transitions - most of them taking me further away from my Somali roots and steadily toward the enlightened mentality of Western democracy.

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.

The Enlightenment attacked religion - Christianity, mainly - for two reasons: that it was a set of ideological delusions, and that it was a system of institutional oppression, with immense powers of persecution and intolerance.

We need enlightenment, not just individually but collectively, to save the planet. We need to awaken ourselves. We need to practice mindfulness if we want to have a future, if we want to save ourselves and the planet.

The art of Peace I practice has room for each of the world's eight million gods, and I cooperate with them all. The God of Peace is very great and enjoins all that is divine and enlightened in every land.

The practice of meditation can reveal to you more of your mental capacity.

Because of my Buddhist practice, I'm never lacking for inspiration.

Buddhas don't practice nonsense.

I am a practicing Buddhist. I have been for 25 years.

There may be some so very Ignorant, that they know not how to Pray.

I think if you let go of preconceived ideas, you'll find everything in this life. For me, my understanding is God is all that is, God is everything, all that is, and your true God is within, and that's the power that you have as a human being.

You have to liberate yourself first from the prejudices of the world in which you live.

The world outside existed in a kind of darkness; and we inquired about nothing.

As long as one person lives in darkness then it seems to be a responsibility to tell other people.

Every day is a learning day.

I'm learning every day.

I don't know if I can say exactly what I seek in books, but one of them would be to deepen and expand my understanding of the world.

I needed something deeper than the Catholic faith, and Buddha helps me control myself.

Contemporary defenders of the Enlightenment shouldn't overgeneralize: the Enlightenment, however it is defined, is not an unalloyed good.

Not creating delusions is enlightenment.

I momentarily but genuinely believed that Barack Obama was the answer not only to our nation's depressing politics but to the question of our racial enlightenment.

Amputechture' is my personal way of describing enlightenment, or just the celebration of this person who is a shaman and not a crazy person.

The essence of the Way is detachment.

The renaissance movement and social reformers have taught us that superstitious beliefs and customs should be challenged and opposed.