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His eyes spark with revolutions, enlightened trickery and unconditional affection. — Laurie Perez

One day, in the deepest oceans - an enlightened century - dipped in blue hope, will be looking for the beads of a thousand truths. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

The enlightened man is one with the law of causation. — Wumen Huikai

Even when you have been somewhat enlightened by what you have read, you are called upon to continue the serach for significance. — Mortimer J. Adler

If we get above the individualized soul's journey, you will see that we are all one. We are all one light. In that sense, we are all enlightened. — Frederick Lenz

Nobody makes anybody enlightened.
Just tell them what you want to say,
then let them decide for themselves. — Toba Beta

Honestly.I don't understand Zen.It seems if you don't answer properly,or if you are rude,people get enlightened. — Jerry Pinto

It is pleasant to believe one's society is more "enlightened" or "rational" than all others, — David Bentley Hart

When a star falls from the sky, it is replaced by the deeds of the enlightened. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I understood that the will could not be improved before the mind had been enlightened. — Johann Heinrich Lambert

You cannot go to the cemetery and ask to be enlightened on matters of this kind, though it would ease my mind considerably if you could. — William Maxwell

Just Detach From False Mental Objects And Be Enlightened To Being-As-Is — Baizhang Huaihai

Overcoming fear is a critical factor for anyone who wishes to be really happy, or anyone who wishes to become enlightened — Frederick Lenz

The unseen essential awaits your enlightened heart's ascension to love. — Bryant McGill

To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all the myriad things. — Ruth Ozeki

You are the reason
For my blessings
And you will be the inspiration
Of my enlightened being — Vishwas Chavan

If you vanquish ego-clinging today, tonight you will be enlightened. — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

You need the patience of a mountain to become truly enlightened. — Lamees Alhassar

No enlightened person would deny its premise, but as an ongoing program it is monotonous, limited, locked in a perception of victimization. — Robert Brustein

In every artistic activity a new world is created, the cosmos, a world enlightened and free. — Nikolai Berdyaev

Saints guide people on the path of religion [dharma] and the Gnani Purush [the enlightened one] grants 'liberation' (moksha). — Dada Bhagwan

Chit impurity is due to the relative vision. When the vision becomes real (enlightened), purification of chit occurs. — Dada Bhagwan

Imagine a world in which we are all enlightened by objective truths rather than offended by them. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

The abstractness of modern art has to do with how much an enlightened mind rejects of the contemporary social order. — Robert Motherwell

Gnani Purush' (The Enlightened one) is pure, so one becomes pure by just seeing him. — Dada Bhagwan

O truth divine! enlightened by thy ray, I grope and guess no more, but see my way. — John Arbuthnot

Human is a suffered mind but an enlightened soul. — Santosh Kalwar

Without the instinct for adventure, any civilization, however enlightened; any state, however well-ordered, will wilt and wither. — Kurt Hahn

To know others is to have knowledge. To know yourself is to be enlightened. — Laozi

We all have the archetype inside us of the enlightened being. — Dan Millman

In rock music, people have certain assumptions that it makes people more enlightened, and it really doesn't. — Kim Gordon

If you experience bliss of the Self (samadhi) amidst complete problematic stage, then know that you have met a "Gnani Purush" [the enlightened one]! — Dada Bhagwan

Until you are fully enlightened, you can never know what another person's reality is like for them. — Krishna Das

The wiser a king is,
the greater his nation will become.
The more enlightened a nation is,
the more esteemed it is. — Matshona Dhliwayo

What does egoism mean? It means to become blind through one's own vision. The Gnani [the enlightened one] removes the egoism. — Dada Bhagwan

The scriptures recommend love and service to the enlightened to develop purity. — Frederick Lenz

They were in a position of total ignorance and people in that position often died without being enlightened. — Eoin Colfer

The ignorant ever shun and dread the gifted and enlightened. — Francis Alexander Durivage

In sorrow and suffering, go straight to God with confidence, and you will be strengthened, enlightened and instructed. — John Of The Cross

It is possible to move to an enlightened state of mind from a lower bardo or level of awareness. It can happen, but it is extremely unlikely. — Frederick Lenz

The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned. — Carlos Fuentes

We see very few people who are satisfied. They say that the only ones who are really happy are the enlightened or the fools. — Frederick Lenz

If I had my choice I'd hang out anywhere. I mean, it doesn't matter. It's all God; it's all the same. There's only nirvana for the enlightened. — Frederick Lenz

Enlightened and endarkened. The ultimate. — Tom Robbins

He that fancies himself very enlightened, because he sees the deficiencies of others, may be very ignorant, because he has not studied his own. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Today's ideal worker is not the anonymous shift worker but the enlightened genius who never stops working. — Miya Tokumitsu

The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch. — Mason Cooley

The most important thing Zen Buddhism teaches us is that we are already originally enlightened. This must never be forgotten. — Clara Taylor

It's only important to differentiate between patriotism and nationalism. I speak of enlightened patriotism. — Charlotte Knobloch

But only he who, himself enlightened, is not afraid of shadows. — Immanuel Kant

Oh, fuck Zen," she muttered. "I'll get enlightened when I die. — Thea Harrison

Writing is Amazing!
When I write I am empowered by my thoughts, entertained by my imagination, and enlightened by my wisdom. — Theresa Lewis

Anybody or anything can become enlightened because enlightenment is the very nature of existence itself. — Frederick Lenz

If one thinks of an enlightened person in a negative way, as it hits their aura, it returns very strongly. — Frederick Lenz

To become learned, each day add something. To become enlightened, each day drop something. — Lao-Tzu

An enlightened entertainer, via story, casts her line into the souls of others, hooks their heart, and pulls their greater potential to the surface. — Derek Rydall

I am a firm believer that one way to become enlightened is to be so relaxed, as relaxed as you possibly can be. — Alanis Morissette

There is an enlightened way to flow with, in, and through conflict. — Bryant McGill

Making sure that when my child went to school people were enlightened enough not to torture them, you know? — Jennifer Beals

I would define morality as enlightened self-interest ... That old Platonic ideal that there are certain pure moral forms just isn't where we are. — Andrew Young

Vitarag's [the enlightened one's] 'water' (knowledge) will remove any kind of (karmic) 'stains'. — Dada Bhagwan

You yourself must earnestly practise, the enlightened ones only proclaim the path — Gautama Buddha

Now the stage today is to know that Self Realization gives you experiences and then your faith is established. Not blind but open enlightened faith. — Nirmala Srivastava

An enlightened citizen is an indispensable ingredient of the infrastructure of
democracy. — Barbara

An enlightened life can be so powerful that it can illuminate the whole world. — Debasish Mridha

Intelligent people know others. Enlightened people know themselves. — Laozi

I've got to start using my brain more - I've got to be more ethereal and more enlightened. — Tracey Emin

Some feminists have this party-line attitude, and they can be very extremist. The most enlightened characters in my film are women. — Lina Wertmuller

The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened. — Ramana Maharshi

It's one thing to have the attitude of enlightenment and another thing to act in an enlightened way, which is conduct or activity ... — Sakyong Mipham

So there's only transcendence in the moment. Nobody can be transcended forever. That's why I say, "Who cares if you're enlightened forever?" — Byron Katie

In dealing with those who share his bed, the enlightened ruler may enjoy their beauty but should not listen to their special pleas ... — Han Fei

You can't just sit in emptiness. Even the enlightened don't sit in emptiness. We call it emptiness - but we move our mind into a world of light. — Frederick Lenz

We can only be enlightened to the meaning of wise words
only and only if life have put and made us requiring them. — Toba Beta

We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen. — Thomas Merton

There is deception. People who think they are enlightened and it's just ego. — Frederick Lenz

You could go through incarnations forever and never become enlightened, unless of course you do something about it. — Frederick Lenz

The votes of a hundred or a thousand blockheads set the course for the enlightened. — Anonymous

Lightning
doesn't leave you enlightened
- good to know that — Matsuo Basho

The most noble of all pursuits is to be enlightened, to know truth, to have knowledge and yet be beyond even truth and knowledge, to be God. — Frederick Lenz

HELLO! Look at me. HELLO! I am so ZEN. This is BLOOD. This is NOTHING. Hello. Everything is nothing, and it's so cool to be ENLIGHTENED. Like me. — Chuck Palahniuk

I am asking for Liberal Fascists, for enlightened Nazis. — H.G.Wells

I always like to see enlightened parents like that; it gives me hope for the future. — Stephen King

It is the ultimate religion, through which all humans neuropsychologically morph into Buddhas, or Enlightened Beings. — Abhijit Naskar

The Art of Peace begins with you ... — Morihei Ueshiba

If I say, if I talk about, 'I want to be enlightened ... ' it implies a future. And there isn't any. — Byron Katie

How do you become enlightened? Have fun, meditate, don't take yourself too seriously, brush between incarnations and have a good teacher. — Frederick Lenz

Not everyone who is enlightened by an angel knows that he is enlightened by him. — Thomas Aquinas

The Knower of the Soul is considered Self Realized (The Enlightened one). The knower of all the eternal elements is known as Omniscient (sarvagna). — Dada Bhagwan

A free, virtuous, and enlightened people must know full well the great principles and causes upon which their happiness depends. — James Monroe

Invincible ignorance could not be enlightened; and — Patrick O'Brian

How can one become enlightened? One can, because one is enlightened - one just has to recognize the fact. — Rajneesh

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. — Marianne Williamson

A real enlightened teacher is intense and they could care less what you think about anything at any time since you are lost in illusions. — Frederick Lenz

If you think you are enlightened go spend a week with your family. ~ Ram Das — Martha Weber

You can discover a person's true character by examining how their actions align with their words. — Janice Anderson

A Gnani [the enlightened one] does not have to turn beads of a rosary; He turns the beads of own's own Self (the Soul). — Dada Bhagwan

Enlightened Society is all about nurturing the human spirit - waking up to the goodness, kindness and strength that we already have. — Sakyong Mipham

If you think you're enlightened go spend a week with your family. — Ram Dass

Conscience is merely our own judgment of the right or wrong of our actions, and so can never be a safe guide unless enlightened by the word of God. — Tryon Edwards