#enlighten

The sinister, the terrible never deceive: the state in which they leave us is always one of enlightenment. And only this condition of vicious insight allows us a full grasp of the world, all things considered, just as a frigid melancholy grants us full possession of ourselves. We may hide from horror only in the heart of horror. (“The Medusa”) ↗

— Thomas Ligotti

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We are all blessed ones. Heaven is no longer in the clouds. It is right here, all around us, everywhere; we must only open our eyes to see it. ↗

— Kim Chestney

#heaven #intuition #kim-chestney #psychic-workshop #samadhi

It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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Everyone has a spirit that can be refined, a body that can be trained in some manner, a suitable path to follow. You are here to realize your inner divinity and manifest your innate enlightenment. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

#divinity #enlightenment #everyone #follow #here

That's why I haven't been so anxious. But now, lots of people write and say, 'I want to find out what you're doing.' So I know that this book will enlighten them. ↗

— Ornette Coleman

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The enlightenment is under threat. So is reason. So is truth. So is science, especially in the schools of America. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#enlightenment #especially #reason #schools #science

The sublimated idealism of the Enlightenment, the spirit of the League of Nations and of the United Nations Charter have not proved strong enough to control the aggressive dynamism of nationalism. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

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I'm very much an Enlightenment kind of guy. ↗

— Jimmy Wales

#guy #i #kind #much #very

An Enlightened Master is ideal only if your goal is to become a Benighted Slave. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

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