Quotes About Enlightenment

I bow at His Feet constantly, and pray to Him, the Guru, the True Guru, has shown me the Way.

The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.

Light is the symbol of truth.

You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.

It's always good news when you're closer to the truth.

The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.

To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.

Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.

The terrible thing about the quest for truth is that you find it.

The more rapidly truth is spread among mankind the better it will be for them. Only let us be sure that it is the truth.

God's truth is helped by no man's ignorance.

I did not come here to repeat what you already know. I have come to reveal something new. I want to share with you a new revelation from God.

When I look at my life, I see that I wanted to be free of the physical plane, the psychological plane, and when I got free of those I didn't want to go anywhere near them.

Spiritual process is not for the dead or the dying; it is for the living who want to become fully alive in all dimensions of life.

Spirituality is ultimate greed. You don't just want a piece of creation - you want the source of creation.

Heat is in proportion to the want of true knowledge.

The most venerable, clearly understood, enlightened, and reliable constant in the world is not only that we want to be happy, but that we want only to be so. Our very nature requires it of us.

O seeker! Rely on nothing until you want nothing.

For me, the showbiz memoir is uninteresting - you want to tell people something they don't know about.

I think with all the odd jobs I ever had, there was some kind of enlightenment but, yes, a lot of pain and suffering that I don't want to relive.

I lament the want of a liberal education. I feel the mist of ignorance to surround me - Nathanael Greene

You are not seeking to attain some future state. That is the fallacy of many spiritual seekers. They have an image of some state - enlightenment, or whatever they call it - they want to achieve.

The light is too painful for someone who wants to remain in darkness.

It is much more likely that you will attain liberation if you want liberation for others, than just for yourself.