Enlightenment quotations

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◆ Last night I lost the world, and gained the universe.

- C. JoyBell C.99

◆ What should I do—how should I act now, this very day . . . What she would resolve to do that day did not yet seem quite clear, but something that she could achieve stirred her as with an approaching murmur which would soon gather distinctness.

- George Eliot98

◆ In his face there came to be a brooding peace that is seen most often in the faces of the very sorrowful or the very wise. But still he wandered through the streets of the town, always silent and alone.

- Carson McCullers98

◆ Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to God, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done.' We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go.

- Swami Vivekananda98

◆ One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

- Carl Jung98

◆ Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.

- Idries Shah98

◆ We do not have to be ashamed of what we are. As sentient beings we have wonderful backgrounds. These backgrounds may not be particularly enlightened or peaceful or intelligent. Nevertheless, we have soil good enough to cultivate; we can plant anything in it.

- Ch?gyam Trungpa98

◆ An enlightened man had but one duty - to seek the way to himself, to reach inner certainty, to grope his way forward, no matter where it led.

- Hermann Hesse98

◆ Knowing others is Wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment

- Lao Tzu98

◆ Once again, we are reminded that awakening, or enlightenment is not the property of Buddhism, any more than Truth is the property of Christianity. Neither the Buddha nor the Christ belongs exclusively to the communities that were founded in their names. They belong to all people of goodwill, all who are attentive to the secret which lives in the depths of their breath and their consciousness. (14)

- Jean-Yves Leloup98

◆ Education leads to enlightenment. Enlightenment opens the way to empathy. Empathy foreshadows reform.

- Derrick A. Bell98

◆ Enlightenment is: absolute cooperation with the inevitable.

- Anthony de Mello98

◆ Bringing to light what had been hidden in darkness should not overwhelm you, but EDUCATE you.

- Solange nicole98

◆ Despair is the result of each earnest attempt to go through life with virtue, justice and understanding, and to fulfill their requirements. Children live on one side of despair, the awakened on the other side.

- Hermann Hesse98

◆ Everything transitory is but an image.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe98