Quotes About Enlightenment

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract.

The secret of my success is that at an early age I discovered I was not God.

The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.

If people are suffering, then they must look within themselves. ... Happiness is not something ready-made [Buddha] can give you. It comes from your own actions.

Souls are made of dawn-stuff and starshine.

The pursuit of the perfect, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.

No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

The moment of enlightenment is when a person's dreams of possibilities become images of probabilities.

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting get understanding.

It is important to remember that, in strictness, there is no such thing as an uneducated man.

Before enlightenment — chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment — chop wood, carry water.

To learn is to broaden, to experience more, to snatch new aspects of life for yourself. To refuse to learn or to be relieved at not having to learn is to commit a form of suicide; in the long run, a more meaningful type of suicide than the mere ending of physical life. Knowledge is not only power; it is happiness, and being taught is the intellectual analog of being loved.

Our dedication- devotion- to craft should enlighten as it humbles us.

Tko ne vidi sada, taj ne?e nikad vidjeti.

When you find nothing," Morris said, "it means you're eliminating what surrounds the something." "Is that a Zen thing?" Eve questioned. "If not, it should be.

Don Quijote dijo entonces: "Buen hombre, no ves el mundo mismo sino solo las medidas que lo envuelven en un velo. ¡Ay de ti, ciego!".

You're a baby, said Robert. You've been asleep all your life. It's time to wake up. Why do you think they give you charity, you and the children? Because they think you are harmless, your eyes aren't opened, you don't see the truth around you.

You never realized how thick your fog was until it lifted.

beyond time, space, and circumstances to the place where the mind is tranquil and ego disappears.

the cessation of your pain and sorrow will depend on how well you overcome your ignorance of your True Self that lives within you.

Detachment is the means for rising above worldly activities and getting to a state beyond the worldly.

Finding Nirvana is like locating silence.

I don't wanta hear all your word descriptions of words words words you made up all winter, man I wanta be enlightened by actions.