Enlightenment Quotes

"He who opens a school door, closes a prison" "Wonder is the beginning of wisdom" "Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel" "You can never get to a place of truth without first walking through all the darkness" "He who knows himself is enlightened." "He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened." "No one loses anyone, because no one owns anyone. That is the true experience of freedom: having the most important thing in the world without owning it." "A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have seen the light and I’m crowing." "A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated — this is the greatest blessing." "Not by rituals and resolutions, nor by much learning, nor by celibacy, nor even by meditation can you find the supreme, immortal joy of nirvana until you extinguish your self-will." "Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation." "Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life." "The greatest gift is to give people your enlightenment, to share it. It has to be the greatest." "Let go of your mind and then be mindful. Close your ears and listen." "Whoever has heart’s doors wide open, could see the sun itself in every atom."