#enlighten

Then, what is sacrelige [sic]? If it is nothing more than a rebellion against dogma, it is eventually as meaningless as the dogma it defies, and they are both become hounds ranting in the high grass, never see the boar in the thicket. Only a religious person can perpetrate sacrelige: and if its blasphemy reaches the heart of the question; if it investigates deeply enough to unfold, not the pattern, but the materials of the pattern, and the necessity of a pattern; if it questions so deeply that the doubt it arouses is frightening and cannot be dismissed; then it has done its true sacreligious [sic] work, in the service of its adversary: the only service that nihilism can ever perform. (unused 1949 prefatory note to The Recognitions) ↗

— William Gaddis

#dogma #enlightenment #insight #inspirational #nihilism

I would say any behavior that is not the status quo is interpreted as insanity, when, in fact, it might actually be enlightenment. Insanity is sorta in the eye of the beholder. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#any #behavior #beholder #enlightenment #eye

[Men] prefer the foolish belief and the passions of the earth [to the enlightenment of their souls]. They believe the absurd and shrink from the truth." "No, they do not. They are afraid, that is all. And they must remain on earth until they come to the way of leaving it." "And how do they leave? How is the ascent made? Must one learn virtue?" Here she laughs. "You have read too much, and learned too little. Virtue is a road, not a destination. Man cannot be virtuous. Understanding is the goal. When that is achieved, the soul can take wing. ↗

— Iain Pears

#enlightenment #fear #mankind #philosophy #soul

Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free. ↗

— Bill Richardson

#been #enlightenment #free #ignorance #salvation

We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made. ↗

— Dan Quayle

#care #enlighten #i #i do #made

I represent all the enlightened people in this country, and that's a fine thing to be able to do. It infuriates my opponents when I say this, but it is true. ↗

— Helen Suzman

#country #enlightened #fine #fine thing #i

This could never be a crime in any society which deems himself enlightened. ↗

— Jack Kevorkian

#could #crime #deems #enlightened #himself

If you would listen, sir, in the sense of being aware of your conflicts and contradictions without forcing them into any particular pattern of thought, perhaps they might altogether cease. ↗

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

#life

Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life. ↗

— William Blake

#light #life

Sometimes in the quest for enlightenment the only thing that gets lighter is your wallet. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#life #wallet #experience