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Quotes About Enlightenment

Science surpasses the old miracles of mythology.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do not try the parallels in that way: I know that way all along. I have measured that bottomless night, and all the light and all the joy of my life went out there.
~ Farkas Bolyai
...neither is it possible to discover the more remote and deeper parts of any science, if you stand but upon the level of the same science, and ascend not to a higher science.
~ Francis Bacon
Freedom, the first-born of science.
~ Thomas Jefferson
science is the most revolutionary force in the world.
~ George Sarton
I believe knowledge ought to be gained without a dollar amount added to it.
~ Lauren Lola, A Moment's Worth
Light brings us the news of the Universe.
~ William Henry Bragg
BewareAt war Or at peace, More people die Of unenlightened self-interestThan of any other disease
~ Octavia E. Butler
The biggest battle is the war against ignorance.
~ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phony god's blessings. But because, I am enlightened by my intelligence.
~ A.A. Lewis
Moksha (ultimate liberation) cannot be attained until purity arises. To attain purity one has to realize 'Who am I?
~ Dada Bhagwan
If Enlightenment was the salad, Entanglement is the soup
~ Neri Oxman
Scientists are the true driving force of civilization.
~ James Burke
A madman and an arahant both smile, but the arahant knows why while the madman doesn't.
~ Ajahn Chah
Being on the path means we again meditate with joy. We deal with the suffering of life and the pain of existence without perfect enlightenment with a smile.
~ Frederick Lenz
Nothing under the sun is greater than education. By educating one person and sending him into the society of his generation, we make a contribution extending a hundred generations to come.
~ Kano Jigoro
Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.
~ B.R. Ambedkar
Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect.
~ James Madison
Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights.
~ Benjamin Rush
I think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance.
~ Reuben Blades
Music has always been the greatest expression of mortal philosophy, continued Lucky. The path to enlightenment is found in the lyrics of Spinal Tap.
~ A. Lee Martinez
in the world but not of it"...
~ A.H. Almaas
Replete is the world with a spiritual radiance, replete with sublime and marvelous secrets. But a small hand held against the eye hides it all," said the Baal Shem.
~ Abraham Joshua Heschel
Happy is he who is aware of the mysteries of his Lord.
~ Abraham Joshua Heschel