Quotes About Enlightenment

Los franceses fueron los primeros en adoptar la Ilustración inglesa y transformaron brillantemente su propia cultura intelectual, tomándola como base, antes de que los rousseaunianos distorsionaran la Revolución, alejándola de los lockistas, y la convirtieran en el caos del terror.

La razón es una facultad del individuo, y el respeto por la razón y el individualismo se desarrollaron a la par durante la Ilustración.

La Ilustración desarrolló aquellas características del mundo moderno que muchos dan sobradamente por sentado: política liberal y libre mercado, progreso científico e innovación tecnológica. Cada una de esas cuatro instituciones depende de la confianza en el poder de la razón.

La militancia de la Ilustración por la razón y por el individualismo se presentó a los primeros pensadores de la Contrailustración como el fantasma de un futuro sin dios, sin espíritu, sin pasión y sin moral.

These spiraling rainbows of light take on the shapes of various divine beings, initially in peaceful groups but later in terrifying images of wrath. These become embodiments of the deceased's spiritual energies, and array themselves in mandalalike patterns that reveal the spiritual structure of the universe and form the great mandala of primordial enlightenment. They are like the facets of a diamond, each unique in itself yet all belonging to the whole.

The more you understand your true spiritual identity, and your connection with the Supreme, the easier it will be to love your Self.

Knowledge is better than practice; meditation is better than knowledge; and best of all is surrender, which soon brings peace.

A man can learn much, but learning is not knowledge. The only true source of infallible certainity is divine illumination.

Every religious figure in history achieved enlightenment between the ages of twenty-five and thirtyfive. That seems to be when human consciousness comes fully into its own and acquires a finer spiritual perception. Perhaps it simply takes that long to develop. In any case, it's a well-documented phenomenon. Look it up sometime.

How is a man fortunate to live in the darkness, brother?" "Why do you wonder?" asked Blaise. "For only he who has lived in darkness truly knows and values the light.

Regardless of how far we have come, we are still looking for answers.

Truth is a hard dear to hunt. If you eat too much truth at once, you may die of the truth.

Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it.

Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and higher education positively fortifies it.

Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it.

Open them? Open them! My God, Felicia," he said, wrapping his right arm around the waist of the curly-haired waitress, "I think Professor Taylor has cracked the code!

With all thy getting, get understanding.

Buddha is not someone you pray to, or try to get something from. Nor is a buddha someone you bow down to. A buddha is simply a person who is awake—nothing more or less.

T]here is really nothing 'out there' to get because, already, within this moment, everything is whole and complete.

It's called enlightenment. It's nothing more or less than seeing things as they are rather than as we wish or believe them to be.

The impossibility of arriving at Truth by giving up your own authority and following the lights of others. Such a path will only lead to an opinion.

Each of you be a light unto yourself; betake yourself to no external refuge. Hold fast to the Truth. Look not for refuge to anyone beside yourself.

No words—Buddha's, mine, or anyone else's—can see for you.

One of the most spiritual things that can happen to you is a human breakthrough."