Quotes About Enlightenment

They knew a lot, the dead. How many times had she said to Harry they were the world's greatest untapped resource? It was true. All they'd seen, all they'd suffered, all they'd triumphed over—lost to a world in need of wisdom. And why? Because at a certain point in the evolution of the species a profound superstition was sewn into the human heart that the dead were to be considered sources of terror rather than enlightenment.

You opened their eyes to another world, darling. They'll never forgive you for that.

I wanted to be gone forever from being and knowing, which are the pieces of

Finally, slowly, like a newly lighted oil lamp gathering kerosene up into its wick, Wally's face began to glow. He turned to Mack Fulton. "Mack, you know what's on my mind?

The evidence of paranormal research shows that there is a part of our being that knows far more than the conscious mind. And the evidence of mystics through the ages suggests that there is a part of our being that knows even greater secrets than this.

Get them off the plantation and they learned to read, it was a disease.

South Carolina has a much more enlightened attitude toward colored advancement than the rest of the south.

But if he didn't read, he was a slave.

Rumi: Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I have begun to change myself.

self-actualization is possible only as a side-effect of self-transcendence.

In other words, self-actualization is possible only as a side-effect of self-transcendence.

A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth

truly wanted to see east and west merge peacefully, but was unfortunately saddled with a populace that for the most part preferred religious rhetoric and inflammatory speech over enlightenment and liberty.

Happy is the man who has learned the causes of things.

A million candles burnt in him without his being at the trouble of lighting a single one

the value of education is among the greatest of all human values...

Sapeva per esperienza che le estasi religiose induriscono la gente, ottundono i sentimenti.

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.

The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.

The sage wears rough clothing and holds the jewel in his heart.

Stop thinking, and end your problems.

He who knows others is learned; He who knows himself is wise.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.