#enlightenment

"There is creative reading as well as creative writing."

"But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind."

"To Do Today, 1/17/081. Sit and think2. Reach enlightenment3. Feed the cats"

"Life is like a game of chess.To win you have to make a move.Knowing which move to make comes with IN-SIGHTand knowledge, and by learning the lessons that areacculated along the way.We become each and every piece within the game called life!"

"Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel."

"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."

"We owe a huge debt to Galileo for emancipating us all from the stupid belief in an Earth-centered or man-centered (let alone God-centered) system. He quite literally taught us our place and allowed us to go on to make extraordinary advances in knowledge."

"What drains your spirit drains your body. What fuels your spirit fuels your body."

"It’s ever been the way of the man of science or philosophy. Most folks stay in the dark and then complain they can’t see nothing.” – Snipes (185)"

"The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines."

"The Encyclopedia--the advance artillery of reason, the armada of philosophy, the siege engine of the enlightenment..."

"The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp."

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

"Wisdom comes alone through suffering."

"A person must earn enlightenment, Eragon. It is not handed down to you by others, regardless of how revered they be."

"I've learned .... That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss."

"Suffering just means you’re having a bad dream. Happiness means you’re having a good dream. Enlightenment means getting out of the dream altogether."

"My spirit is healthy, yes. But I tell you, my flesh is healthy too. I am enlightened and free, but I am also lustful and carnal."

"How could they see anything but the shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads?"

"Enlightenment is man's release from his self-incurred tutelage. Tutelage is man's inability to make use of his understanding without direction from another. Self-incurred is this tutelage when its cause lies not in lack of reason but in lack of resolution and courage to use it without direction from another. Sapere aude! 'Have courage to use your own reason!'- that is the motto of enlightenment."