#enlightened

Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility. ↗

— George Orwell

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

— Jack Kevorkian

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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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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. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

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Enlightenment is not about cocooning one’s self, but about integrating more fully with both your self and life. ↗

— Jay Woodman

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You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure about you. We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us. ↗

— Marianne Williamson

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Enlightened leadership is spiritual if we understand spirituality not as some kind of religious dogma or ideology but as the domain of awareness where we experience values like truth, goodness, beauty, love and compassion, and also intuition, creativity, insight and focused attention. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

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Sexuality is one of the ways that we become enlightened, actually, because it leads us to self-knowledge. ↗

— Alice Walker

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I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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Most enlightened men now recognize that General Jackson is not fitted to fill the office of President; his limited experience of anything to do with civil government and his great age make him incompetent. ↗

— Jared Sparks

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