#enlightenment

Our Christian faith - and correlatively, our account of apologetics - is tainted by modernism when we fail to appreciate the effects of sin on reason. When this is ignored, we adopt an Enlightenment optimism about the role of a supposedly neutral reason in the recognition of truth. ↗

— James K.A. Smith

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Bringing to light what had been hidden in darkness should not overwhelm you, but EDUCATE you. ↗

— Solange nicole

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I think the Enlightenment is leading us into a dark hole, really. ↗

— David Hockney

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Borrowing knowledge of reality from all sources, taking the best from every study, Science of Mind brings together the highest enlightenment of the ages. ↗

— Ernest Holmes

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Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of the world as an important part of the path to wisdom, to enlightenment. ↗

— Bell Hooks

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There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

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The face of everyone in mine, the oneness with every blade of grass, the flight with the flocks in the sky, the dance with the clouds across endless skies. The strength with every tree, rooting deep into mother earth, springing forth into the heavens, extending branches of gratitude and love.... Such a privilege, honor and grace, such a gift and joy. ↗

— Patsie Smith

#enlightenment #essence-of-life #inspiration #life #nature

There are about 15 million Muslims in the EU. They face ignorance, insult and even persecution. They cannot be wished away. To impose Enlightenment freedoms is self-defeating. Anyway, the Muslims have their own enlightenment. ↗

— James Buchan

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To Do Today, 1/17/08 1. Sit and think 2. Reach enlightenment 3. Feed the cats ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#enlightenment #funny #humor #think #to-do-list

It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

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