#enlightenment

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

"Your own Self-Realization is the greatest service you can render the world."

"It is better to enlighten men’s minds than to teach them to be obstinate in their prejudices."

"We think a wise person is someone who solves problems. Truth is, a wise person is someone who avoids problems."

"He in whom the love of repose predominates will accept the first creed, the first philosophy, the first political party he meets — most likely his father's. He gets rest, commodity, and reputation; but he shuts the door of truth."

"In so many ways we are still in the dark ages, but there is light appearing over the horizon of choice and consciousness."

"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."

"Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life."

"To be taught to read—what is the use of that, if you know not whether what you read is false or true? To be taught to write or to speak—but what is the use of speaking, if you have nothing to say? To be taught to think—nay, what is the use of being able to think, if you have nothing to think of? But to be taught to see is to gain word and thought at once, and both true."

"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."

"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!"

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

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

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

"In his face there came to be a brooding peace that is seen most often in the faces of the very sorrowful or the very wise. But still he wandered through the streets of the town, always silent and alone."

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

"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)"

"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."

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

"The closer you come to knowing that you alone create the world of your experience, the more vital it becomes for you to discover just who is doing the creating."