Enlightenment Quotes

"An awake heart is like a sky that pours light" "Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form" "God is in us, not over us. The only path to heaven is to let the God within shine." "When you truly connect with the divine source, you are able to see yourself in all things." "Maybe that's enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go." "To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful." "The sun shines not on us but in us" "The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding" "Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment" "If you think you are so enlightened, go and spend a week with your parents" "Suffering is part of our training program for becoming wise." "Awareness is like the sun. When it shines on things, they are transformed." "There is no enlightenment outside of daily life." "Understanding means throwing away your knowledge." "One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious." "Spirituality is not about becoming special, it is about becoming one with everything." "Life is a far larger phenomenon than what is happening in your little mind. " "We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light" "There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness" "True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us"