Enlightenment is any experience of expanding our consciousness beyond its present limits. Votes: 4
Thaddeus GolasEnlightenment is an accident, but some activities make you accident-prone. Votes: 3
Jiddu KrishnamurtiEnlightenment is the complete awareness of life without mental modifications. Votes: 3
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellEnlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. Votes: 3
Nhat HanhThe 'Enlightenment', which discovered the liberties, also invented the disciplines. Votes: 3
Michel FoucaultEnlightenment is when all hope disappears. Enlightenment is disappearance of hope. Votes: 3
RajneeshMan has, since the Enlightenment, dealt with things he should have ignored. Votes: 3
Andrei TarkovskyEnlightenment is getting off the wheel. Enlightenment is to become pure awareness. Votes: 3
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellEnlightenment is the realization of the oneness of being, where otherness disappears. Votes: 3
Sharon GannonEnlightenment is represented by Sri Krishna, who is said to be an avatar. Votes: 3
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellThe Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity. Votes: 3
Umberto EcoEnlightenment, and the death which comes before it, is the primary business of Varanasi. Votes: 3
Tahir ShahIgnorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free. Votes: 3
Bill RichardsonEnlightenment is just another word for feeling comfortable with being a completely ordinary person. Votes: 3
Veronique VienneEnlightenment is not a goal to be attained, it is a state-of-being to be regained. Votes: 3
Kim ChestneyEnlightenment is a timeless void. It's an emptiness that's filled with the most excellent light. Votes: 3
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellAll beings exist ultimately in a condition of inner enlightenment. Enlightenment is in all things. Votes: 3
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellEnlightenment is not a state of mind, yet all states of mind are contained within it. Votes: 3
Frederick LenzEnlightenment is not a state of mind, yet all states of mind are contained within it. Votes: 3
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellMany paths lead to the Door of Enlightenment. Beware those that proclaim there is but one. Votes: 3
Mary Summer RainEnlightenment doesn't simply mean being in heavenly states of mind. It doesn't mean being a saint. Votes: 3
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellEnlightenment means that you're in love with all of life, with not only immortality but mortality. Votes: 3
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellEnlightenment doesn't disconnect you from the world, rather it gives you a deep understanding of it. Votes: 3
Jiulio ConsiglioEnlightenment is nothing but your consciousness being concentrated on a single point - now and here. Votes: 3
RajneeshIt is the way it is. But it is not the way it appears to be. Enlightenment. Votes: 3
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellZen approaches it from the practical side of life-that is, to work out Enlightenment in life itself. Votes: 3
D.T. SuzukiEnlightenment is the Goal - Love is the Game - Taking steps are the rules! - Allan Rufus Votes: 3
Allan RufusI have made a vow to attain Enlightenment in the female form - no matter how many lifetimes it takes Votes: 3
Tenzin PalmoThe real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness. Votes: 2
Nikos KazantzakisIf I could define enlightenment briefly I would say it is 'the quiet acceptance of what is'. Votes: 2
Wayne DyerAnd as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment. Votes: 1
BodhidharmaMeditation is the quickest path to enlightenment. Votes: 0
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellI've never met anyone who's serious about enlightenment. Votes: 0
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellThere is a way to reach enlightenment and get beyond suffering. Votes: 0
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellSex can never bring about enlightenment. Only enlightenment brings about enlightenment. Votes: 0
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellAnything but enlightenment is pure pain; it is the lack of enlightenment. Votes: 0
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellDon't worry. These poses have nothing to do with meditation or enlightenment. Votes: 0
Dharma MittraAttachment is the main thing that is blocking your path towards enlightenment. Votes: 0
Garchen RinpocheWe need enlightenment, not just individually but collectively, to save the planet. Votes: 0
Nhat HanhProgressive. n. One who is unable to distinguish between novelty and enlightenment. Votes: 0
Ron BrackinOne evening you may learn about enlightenment, koans, meditation and personal power. Votes: 0
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellCultural contamination that is directed outward is always seen as âenlightenment. Votes: 0
David BrinBefore enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. Votes: 0
Gautama BuddhaWhen we wake up from our confused state of mind, that is enlightenment. Votes: 0
Dzogchen Ponlop RinpocheIn this world, there is a fine line between enlightenment and brain damage. Votes: 0
Neal ShustermanThe trouble with Westerners is that they want to witness their own enlightenment. Votes: 0
Chogyam TrungpaThere's no right or wrong in the study of enlightenment. There's only experience. Votes: 0
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellThere is only one calamity: ignorance. And there is only one solution: enlightenment. Votes: 0
Jaggi VasudevCulture is the greatest barrier to your enlightenment, your education, and your decency. Votes: 0
Terence McKennaSometimes I attract roles that are necessary either for personal growth or enlightenment. Votes: 0
Vera FarmigaThere are two obstacles to enlightenment: 1. Thinking you know. 2 Thinking you don't know. Votes: 0
Gautama BuddhaEveryone is afraid of enlightenment, knowledge, completion. People are afraid of being exposed. Votes: 0
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellWords are a distraction to enlightenment. Getting rid of conceptual thinking means enlightenment. Votes: 0
Ramesh S BalsekarIf you seek enlightenment, then career is a very important idea on your agenda. Votes: 0
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellTrue enlightenment is nothing but the nature of one's own self being fully realized. Votes: 0
Dalai LamaTo be completely enlightened means that you're a Buddha.I don't speak of enlightenment. Votes: 0
Tenzin PalmoReally, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment. Votes: 0
Elon MuskTantric Zen is the exploration of everything, since everything is a part of enlightenment. Votes: 0
Frederick LenzSelf-hate doesn't create enlightenment. It just causes you to not enjoy the current moment. Votes: 0
Frederick LenzSelf-hate doesn't create enlightenment. It just causes you to not enjoy the current moment. Votes: 0
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellWhen there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. Votes: 0
Atifete JahjagaMadness is not enlightenment, but the search for enlightenment is often mistaken for madness. Votes: 0
Richard Davenport-HinesBefore enlightenment, I used to be depressed; after enlightenment, I continue to be depressed. Votes: 0
Anthony de MelloI don't believe that human beings can achieve ultimate enlightenment, because humans have flaws. Votes: 0
Tiger WoodsI don't want enlightenment, I want him. Sorry Buddha, I loved him more than you. Votes: 0
John BurdettMy "drop in the ocean" will contribute to the enlightenment of Europe, so to speak. Votes: 0
Varg VikernesEvery day is a new opportunity to work with what you have inside toward enlightenment. Votes: 0
Pema ChodronBe humble in order to attain enlightenment. Thus, after attaining it, be more humble still. Votes: 0
Samael Aun WeorIf we really prefer basic sanity or enlightenment, it's irritatingly possible to get into it. Votes: 0
Chogyam TrungpaDon't care what anybody says about enlightenment, except the enlightened and those who seek it. Votes: 0
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellThey can't stop you if, in your heart, you seek enlightenment, empowerment, balance and knowledge. Votes: 0
Frederick LenzElegance is a small price to pay for enlightenment, and I was glad to pay it. Votes: 0
Ursula K. Le GuinYou can't buy enlightenment, but you can hire a mirror so you can watch it happen. Votes: 0
Alek WekTruly, he thought, the way of enlightenment is like unto half a mile of broken glass. Votes: 0
Terry PratchettOn the pathway that leads to enlightenment, only your heart can tell you what is right. Votes: 0
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellOnly the rich can achieve enlightenment because the poor are too busy looking for fridge freezers. Votes: 0
RajneeshTo attain to enlightenment is to attain to all. When you are not, you become the whole. Votes: 0
Swami Dhyan GitenGod is your very being. So the first thing is, don't think about enlightenment as a goal. Votes: 0
RajneeshZen is a very quick path to enlightenment and development of the mind and all its facilities. Votes: 0
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellEducation is one of the greatest gift for mankind. Each one of us must seek this enlightenment. Votes: 0
Lailah Gifty AkitaThe secret to enlightenment is to lighten up. Whether you are talking rock or women, all there. Votes: 0
Steven TylerWe have to leave everything we have been, a perceiver, "I" as an individual. That is enlightenment. Votes: 0
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellZen was an attempt to get back to the purest teachings of the Buddha -enlightenment without strings. Votes: 0
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellForget about enlightenment. Sit down wherever you are. And listen to the wind singing in your veins. Votes: 0
John WelwoodSex is a game, a weapon, a toy, a joy, a trance, an enlightenment, a loss, a hope. Votes: 0
Sallie TisdaleA man searching for enlightenment is like a man sitting on an Ass in search of an Ass Votes: 0
Thomas MertonWe're in an age of enlightenment, and we have a choice as a society which path to take. Votes: 0
Rhys IfansA haiku is the expression of a temporary enlightenment, in which we see into the life of things. Votes: 0
Reginald Horace BlythIt is from cowardice and not from want of enlightenment that we do not read in our own hearts. Votes: 0
StendhalYou British plundered half the world for your own profit. Let's not pass it off as the Age of Enlightenment. Votes: 5 Paddy Chayefsky
Our freedoms were born in the ideals of the Enlightenment and the musket fires of an historic revolution. Votes: 1 John Boehner
I had been taught that the separation between religion and politics happened in the Enlightenment. But there were people who tried to create a secular relationship to government 2,000 years ago, and those people were the Jews. Votes: 1 Elaine Pagels
By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified. Votes: 2 E. O. Wilson
The French Revolution actualised the Enlightenment's greatest intellectual breakthrough: detaching the political from the theocratic. Votes: 1 Pankaj Mishra
The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines. Votes: 3 Anne Lamott