Quotes About Enlightenment

Loin d'être aux lois d'un homme en esclave asservie, Mariez-vous, ma soeur, à la philosophie.

Without knowledge, life is no more than the shadow of death

The art of Peace I practice has room for each of the world's eight million gods, and I cooperate with them all. The God of Peace is very great and enjoins all that is divine and enlightened in every land.

Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment.

In good training, we generate light (wisdom) and heat (compassion)

I am one with the universe. Who can lift that

The only real sin is to be ignorant of the universal, timeless principles of existence. Such ignorance is the root of all evil and all misguided behavior. Eliminate ignorance through the Art of Peace, and even hell will be emptied of tortured souls

True wisdom comes from intellectual education, physical education, ethical education, and ki education.

You are here for no other purpose than to realize your inner divinity and manifest your inner enlightenment.

Forget about your little self, detach yourself from objects, and you will radiate light and warmth. Light is wisdom; warmth is compassion

A true warrior is always armed with three things: the radiant sword of pacification; the mirror of bravery, wisdom, and friendship; and the precious jewel of enlightenment

If you have not Linked yourself To true emptiness, You will never understand The Art of Peace

When you lose your desire for things that do not matter, you will be free.

Those who are enlightened never stop forging themselves.

The Aikido I practice has room for each of the world's eight million gods and I cooperate with each of them. The Great Spirit of Aiki enjoins all that is Divine and enlightened in every land. Unite yourself to the Divine, and you will be able to perceive gods wherever you are.

The Art of Peace is the religion that is not a religion; it perfects and completes all religions.

Man's exile is ignorance; his home is knowledge," said the twelfth-century Bishop Honorius of Autun. And Saint Anselm of Canterbury: "I do not seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe that I may understand.

Only the perfect man can teach in silence, because he has reached it, and therefore he alone can stimulate it in others. He speaks through the silence infinitely more potently than through any human language. But those who are not yet Jivanmuktas naturally prefer to use speech and pen.

The person who tasted the darkness of ignorance realized that science is light.

understanding the nature of things just as they are. Why? Because: So you should view all of the fleeting worlds: A star at dawn, a bubble in the stream; A flash of lightning in a summer cloud; A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.

saving all beings knowing full well that there is no one to save.

There are two roads which human beings can follow, one of wisdom and the other of ignorance. The path of the masses is generally the path of ignorance which leads them into negative situations, thoughts and deeds. These in turn lead to ill health and sorrow in life. The other road is based on wisdom and it leads to health, true happiness and enlightenment.

O people of the earth, men and women born and made of the elements, but with the spirit of the Divine within you, rise from your sleep of ignorance! Be sober and thoughtful. Realize that your home is not on the earth but in the Light. Why have you delivered yourselves unto death, having power to partake of immortality?

Suffering in search of truth gives true meaning to the truth.