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Whoever sees me sees the teaching, and whoever sees the teaching sees me. ↗

— Gautama Buddha

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He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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There are only so many times that you can utter ‘It does not hurt’ before it begins to hurt even more than the hurt. You become enlightened of the feeling of feeling hurt, which is worse, I am certain, than the existent hurt. ↗

— Jonathan Safran Foer

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Because it’s no longer enough to be a decent person. It’s no longer enough to shake our heads and make concerned grimaces at the news. True enlightened activism is the only thing that can save humanity from itself. ↗

— Joss Whedon

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When you dig a well, there's no sign of water until you reach it, only rocks and dirt to move out of the way. You have removed enough; soon the pure water will flow," said Buddha. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

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Do not look for happiness outside yourself. The awakened seek happiness inside. ↗

— Peter Deunov

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Don't believe everything you think. Thoughts are just that - thoughts. ↗

— Allan Lokos

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Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace. ↗

— Voltaire

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I consist of body and soul - in the worlds of a child. And why shouldn't we speak like children? But the enlightened, the knowledgealbe would say: I am body through and through, nothing more; and the soul is just a word for something on the body. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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Nobody makes anybody enlightened. Just tell them what you want to say, then let them decide for themselves. ↗

— Toba Beta

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