#enlighten

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

— Jack Kevorkian

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If we remove ourselves from the world, we are pretending that we can follow our own individual enlightenment and let the rest of the world go to hell, so to speak. ↗

— Satish Kumar

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Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

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Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity. ↗

— William Howard Taft

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Personally I believe that the courses we followed for some years after World War II were enlightened, surprisingly imaginative and extremely effective. ↗

— David Bruce

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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

It [enlightenment] has not come to you by means of teaching! And-thus is my thought, oh exalted one,-nobody will obtain salvation by means of teachings! (character of Siddhartha, speaking to the Buddha) ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#enlightenment #experience #experience

As much as we look up at the stars and know there is more than life on earth, the divinity of dogs is just as unexplainable and profound. They may be the purest example of divine love in an earthly soul many of us ever experience. If we take their lead, open our hearts, and embrace their love, we may just find our own journey a lot more enlightening. ↗

— Jennifer Skiff

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As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music. ↗

— Chögyam Trungpa

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Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen. ↗

— Bodhidharma

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