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Discover a compilation of thought-provoking quotes on "enlightenment" that will inspire and challenge your perception of life. Explore the wisdom of philosophers, spiritual leaders, and scholars as they delve into the depths of knowledge, self-realization, and the pursuit of truth. These quotes offer profound insights into the journey towards enlightenment, encouraging introspection, growth, and the expansion of consciousness. Whether you seek clarity, guidance, or inspiration, this collection provides a glimpse into different perspectives on the path to enlightenment, inviting you to question, reflect, and embark on your own quest for higher understanding.

We live in this world in order always to learn industriously and to enlighten each other by means of discussion and to strive vigorously to promote the progress of science and the fine arts. Read Summary

We stumble and fall constantly even when we are most enlightened. But when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen. Read Summary

Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate. Read Summary

We need enlightenment, not just individually but collectively, to save the planet. We need to awaken ourselves. We need to practice mindfulness if we want to have a future, if we want to save ourselves and the planet. Read Summary

I have seen the king with a face of Glory, He who is the eye and the sun of heaven, He who is the companion and healer of all beings, He who is the soul and the universe that births souls. Read Summary

Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the flame because day is come. Read Summary

I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money. Read Summary

It is paradoxical, yet true, to say, that the more we know, the more ignorant we become in the absolute sense, for it is only through enlightenment that we become conscious of our limitations. Precisely one of the most gratifying results of intellectual evolution is the continuous opening up of new and greater prospects. Read Summary

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened. Read Summary

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment. Read Summary

The Internet can be an enlightening place... you have to take it with a grain of salt. Read Summary

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere. Read Summary

Let no man in the world live in delusion. Without a Guru none can cross over to the other shore. Read Summary

To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the love and joy underneath the pain, is freedom, salvation, enlightenment. Read Summary

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. Read Summary

I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world - a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals. Read Summary

I was born into the world as the king of truth for the salvation of the world. Read Summary

Of those beings who live in ignorance, shut up and confined, as it were, in an egg, I have first broken the eggshell of ignorance and alone in the universe obtained the most exalted, universal Buddhahood. Read Summary

A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning. Read Summary

Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment. Read Summary