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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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I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man--the landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be. ↗

— Martha Graham

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Inexperience can be overcome, ignorance can be enlightened, but prejudice will destroy you. ↗

— Mercedes Lackey

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How could they see anything but the shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads? ↗

— Plato

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Knowing others is Wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment ↗

— Lao Tzu

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Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm. ↗

— Idries Shah

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Enlightenment will be now the beginning, not the end. Beginning of a non-ending process in all dimensions of richness. ↗

— Osho

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It's not differences that divide us. It's our judgments about each other that do. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

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