Quotes About Enlightening

Cherish therefore the spirit of our people, and keep alive their attention.1 Do not be too severe upon their errors, but reclaim them by enlightening them. —THOMAS JEFFERSON

enlightening them. If once they become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress, and Assemblies, judges and governors shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions; and experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his

Here one is expected to endure, to be both warrior and peacebringer, to be lover and savior and poet and friend. Here one is to be dedicated to the service of enlightening.

In politics, the reaction to a controversy is very often more enlightening and important than the details of the allegations themselves.

The biographies are very enlightening because you realise, "Oh my God, all these people I've admired - and tried to emulate even - when I was younger died tragically from substance abuse.

The idea of being part of this tapestry of humanity is a far more enlightening idea for me than believing you are going to this different place when you die. The magic of reality is far more potent.

It was kind of enlightening to become a playwright.

The Statue of Liberty is not that monument's name. It is Liberty Enlightening the World.

FBI Girl is touching and funny, inspiring and tragic, enlightening and sad. I closed the book with tears in my eyes and admiration in my heart for the girl Maura Conlon was and the writer she became.

We are to come to the Word in a spirit of humility and contrition because we recognize that we are sinful, that we are often blind to our sinfulness, and that we need the enlightening power of the Holy Spirit in our hearts.

I want to be proactive in bringing about change and enlightening people.

Autobiography of a Yogi is justifiably celebrated as one of the most entertaining and enlightening spiritual books ever written.

Creating records and writing music with people I admire and respect is a very spiritual and enlightening thing for me.

I am good when there is something central about the character. There is always a human theme I attach myself to. I am really looking for something that is moving or enlightening or something with depth as an actor. I look for these kinds of roles.

Not enough books focus on how a culture responds to radically new ideas or discovery. Especially in the biography genre, they tend to focus on all the sordid details in the life of the person who made the discovery. I find this path to be voyeuristic but not enlightening.

The Torah of Israel is not hidden in the holy Ark in the synagogue, but goes with us in all our steps in all the places we go, enlightening us with its light and sanctifying us with its sanctity....

While my approach has been academic, the truths I present here for the layperson, which are distilled from analyzing the writings of Isaiah, are far from academic—I consider them life giving. I invite you, the reader, to put them to the test, to see if they are not enlightening, empowering, and freeing to your spirit for that flight to heaven which God has invited every one of us to make.

The Internet can be an enlightening place... you have to take it with a grain of salt.

Filozofia nu are voie s? fie edificatoare.

Reasonable people can debate whether or not social experiments like a Day of Absence are enlightening.

We must categorize and simplify in order to comprehend. But the reduction of complexity entails a great danger, since the line between enlightening epitome and vulgarized distortion is so fine.

You learn stuff from every character you play about the human condition that can be quite enlightening.

Inopportune questioning can confuse, without enlightening, as well as deflecting you from action.

Another thing I learned is that novels, even those from apparently distant times and places, remain current and enlightening, and also comforting.