Quotes About Enlightenment

Some people consider facts to be dangerous things that must be locked away and carefully guarded. But I consider mysteries a far greater threat. We should seek answers wherever possible, regardless of the consequences. —GILBERTUS ALBANS, secret Erasmus dialogues

Logical enlightenment will always defeat emotional ignorance, although the battle is not necessarily pretty. —mission statement, Denali Research Facility

Knowledge is a thing that one cannot have enough of. It is the fruit of wisdom, to be eaten carefully and digested fully, unlike that lunch you are bolting down, little friend.

Knowledge is always a good thing, even when it makes us unhappy

Buddha was asked: "What have you gained from meditation?" He replied: "Nothing." "However", Buddha said, "let me tell you what I lost: Anger, Anxiety, Depression, Insecurity, Fear of Old Age and Death.

The more you learn, the more you can learn.

For truly we are all angels temporarily hiding as humans.

Whoever realizes the Void* is filled with life and power and the love of all beings'.

Self-realization is the sweetest thing. It shows us how we are fully responsible for ourselves, and that is where we find our freedom.

This is true freedom: a mind that is no longer deceived by itself. Ruth:

The unquestioned mind is the world of suffering.

I knew I wasn't dealing with a person; I was dealing with concepts, and once I investigated the concepts about my mother, I had unraveled all my concepts about everyone and everything.

I use the word to mean a natural state of peace and clarity.

People used to ask me if I was enlightened, and I would say, "I don't know anything about that. I'm just someone who knows the difference between what hurts and what doesn't.

Here the Buddha repeats what he said in previous chapters. These chapters make important points that are worth repeating: that the bodhisattva's focus is always on selfless service to others, that there are no others, and that there is no such thing as enlightenment. If you understand these three points, you understand everything. If you understand just one of the points, you understand everything. Each is a different aspect of the same truth.

All roads from Rousseau lead to Sade.

The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.' That's from Emerson

The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.' That's from Emerson, by the way.

The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions

The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.' That's from Emerson, by the way. All I was hoping to do is stretch some goddamn minds.

Understanding is a kind of ecstasy

Science is an attempt, largely successful, to understand the world, to get a grip on things, to get hold of ourselves, to steer a safe course. Microbiology and meteorology now explain what only a few centuries ago was considered sufficient cause to burn women to death.

Literacy is the path from slavery to freedom. But there are many kinds of slavery and many kinds of freedom. But reading is still the path.

Do Buddhists believe in God, or not?" Ellie asked on their way to have dinner with the Abbot. "Their position seems to be," Vaygay replied dryly, "that their God is so great he doesn't even have to exist." As