Quotes About Enlightenment

Not ignorance, but ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge.

You know," he went on almost under his breath, "every man who thinks for himself and feels vividly finds he lives in a world of his own, apart, and believes that one day he'll come across, either in a book or in a person, the Priest who shall make it clear to him.

It is not necessary to light a candle to the sun.

Wisdom and intellect is every man's friend, ignorance and illiteracy are his enemies.

There is no capital more useful than intellect and wisdom, and there is no indigence more injurious than ignorance and unawareness.

It was now free of obviousness.

Initiation, or the process of undergoing an expansion of consciousness, is part of the normal process of evolutionary development, viewed on a large scale, and not from the standpoint of the individual.

As though, after five years, a light's been switched on, and how Camille Gardener feels is the only thing that matters

The intolerance of ignorance, not wanting to know – that is the last real frontier on earth.

Ilm Ne Mujh Se Kaha Ishq Hai Diwana-Pan Ishq Ne Mujh Se Kaha Ilm Hai Takhmeen-o-Zan Knowledge said to me, Love is madness; Love said to me, Knowledge is calculation Band-e-Takhmeen-o-Zan! Kirm-e-Kitabi Na Ban Ishq Sarapa Huzoor, Ilm Sarapa Hijab O slave of calculation, do not be a bookworm! Love is Presence entire, Knowledge nothing but a Veil.

Education is the movement from darkness to light.

Openness used to be the virtue that permitted us to seek the good by using reason.

The past was characterized not by ignorance but by false opinions. Men always had opinions about everything, but those opinions were without ground and indemonstrable. Yet they governed the nations of men and were authoritative. Thus the problem of Enlightenment is not merely discovery of the truth but the conflict between the truth and the beliefs of men.

Reason transformed into prejudice is the worst form of prejudice, because reason is the only instrument for liberation from prejudice.

Bacon, Locke, Descartes, Hume, and all the others knew they were giving rights to vulgarity. But in so doingin addition to caring for mans well-beingthey were providing rights for themselves.

Great literature] lifts you out of the here and now and brings you closer to the angels.

Figuring out our gifts in life is part of our journey to becoming enlightened human beings.

Science is the catalyst of truth, a torch that illuminates the darkest corners of ignorance, transforming mysteries into knowledge.

On lit pour découvrir une vision du monde.

Quienes hablan de la riqueza espiritual de los ascetas merecerían sufrir anorexia. No hay mejor escuela de materialismo puro y duro que el ayuno prolongado. Más allá de determinado límite, lo que entendemos por alma se marchita hasta desaparecer. (...) Sería un erro ver en la anorexia una inteligencia propia. Sería bueno que esa evidencia fuera finalmente asumida: la ascesis no enriquece el espíritu. Las privaciones carecen de virtud.

Istnieje od bardzo dawna ogromna sekta idiotów, którzy przeciwstawiajÄ… zmysÅ'owo?? inteligencji. Powstaje bÅ'Ä™dne koÅ'o: odmawiajÄ… sobie rozkoszy, ?eby poprawi? swoje zdolnoÅ›ci intelektualne, co w efekcie prowadzi do ich zubo?enia. StajÄ… siÄ™ coraz gÅ'upsi, co z kolei utwierdza ich w przekonaniu, ?e sÄ… bÅ'yskotliwi - nic bowiem bardziej ni? gÅ'upota nie daje poczucia, ?e jest siÄ™ inteligentnym.

If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the Universal Self, and then live in the midst of wealth and worldliness, surely they will in no way affect you.

Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free.

Buddha's teaching are very simple, you don't have to break your head to understand the message. The part that I like the most from Buddha's teachings and from His Holiness, The Dalai Lama, is that the most powerful weapon is to not attack, to be able to have self-control.