Quotes About Enlightenment

The average person is allergic to the words of wisdom.

Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.

When the doors of perception are cleansed, men will see things as they truly are, infinite.

What good can the scriptures do to a man who has no sense of his own? Of what use is as mirror to a blind man?

Look at this window: it is nothing but a hole in the wall, but because of it the whole room is full of light. So when the faculties are empty, the heart is full of light.

Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.

I seek the truth...it is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance that does harm.

The love to Wisdom is getting closer to the own bright path.

Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.

The Truth has shared so much of Itself with me That I can no longer call myself A man, a woman, an angel, Or even pure Soul.

To understand yourself is the key to wisdom.

Wisdom is the health of the soul.

Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot. Seek the path that demands your whole being.

Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.

When Reason died, then Wisdom was born.

A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.

Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.

With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world. We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher.

If we want to awaken, we don't need to eradicate the ego, we simply need to be conscious of the deeper self as well.

In their seeking, wisdom and madness are one and the same. On the path of love, friend and stranger are one and the same.

Even if a bodhisattva investigates the highest wisdom, one is not a proper bodhisattva unless one applies skillful means for the benefit of other sentient beings.

To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.

How bright and transparent the moonlight of wisdom.

When a strong wind blows, the clouds vanish and blue sky appears. Similarly, when the powerful wisdom that understand the nature of the mind arises, the dark clouds of ego disappear.