Quotes About Enlightenment

Great is wisdom; infinite is the value of wisdom. It cannot be exaggerated; it is the highest achievement of man.

You will know that wretched men are the cause of their own suffering, who neither see nor hear the good that is near them, and few are the ones who know how to secure release from their troubles.

Man is born barbarous--he is ransomed from the condition of beasts only by being cultivated.

How wretched are the minds of men, and how blind their understandings. [Lat., O miseras hominum menteis! oh, pectora caeca!]

A man becomes a Buddha the moment he accepts all that life brings with gratitude.

There is in God - some say - A deep, but dazzling darkness; as men here Say it is late and dusky, because they See not all clear. O for that Night! where I in Him Might live invisible and dim!

The perfect man sees nothing but God.

Most men believe that it would benefit them if they could get a little from those who have more. How much more would it benefit them if they would learn a little from those who know more.

The Truth must dazzle gradually or every man be blind.

God does not redeem the personal man by death. He redeems himself by freeing himself from the personality of man.

There are men and gods, and beings like Pythagoras.

Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the door of Wisdom.

Men and people will fight you down when you see the light. Let me tell you if you are not wrong than everything is all right.

Enlightenment is not an attainment; it is a realization. And when you wake up, everything changes and nothing changes. If a blind man realizes that he can see, has the world changed?

Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men.

If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure.

It is vain to say that enlightened statesmen will always be able to adjust their interests. Enlightened men will not always be at the helm.

If the item of stolen property had been anything other than a book, it would have been confiscated. But a book is different—it is not just a material possession but the pathway to an enlightened mind, and thence to a well-ordered society

These people are as happy as, say, Fraa Orolo. They get what they want: naked ladies on their wheels. He gets what he wants: upsight to the mysteries of the universe.

What is needed is a growth in consciousness, not a growth of government.

A true Master does not "give up" something. A true Master simply sets it aside, as he would do with anything for which he no longer has any use

Jesus' great gift was that he saw everyone as who they truly are. He refused to accept appearances; he refused to believe what others believed of themselves. He always had a higher thought, and he always invited others to it.

Por lo tanto, no juzgues ni condenes, pero sé una luz que se adentra en la oscuridad para que seas capaz de anunciar y afirmar, expresar y alcanzar, conocer y experimentar Quién Eres en Realidad —y que todos aquellos cuyas vidas tocas también puedan saber quiénes son ellos en realidad, gracias al poder del ejemplo. ¿No es esto lo que todos los maestros han hecho?

2. Is it possible that there is something we do not fully understand about life, the understanding of which would change everything?