Quotes about Enlightenment

The truth is the truth. You are better off knowing the truth than not knowing it.

Thus meditating you will no longer strive to build yourself up in your prejudices, but, forgetting self, you will remember only that you are seeking the Truth

He who has seen the light does not choose to walk in darkness.

Selfhood is the source of suffering; Truth is the source of bliss.

The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance.

This is the power available to us! The same power that raised Jesus from the dead. It may not feel like we have this power, but we do. And each time we proclaim, "I am made for more," I pray all the power-packed truths within that statement rush into our hearts and keep us enlightened.

Enlightened literally means "to shed light upon.

That is exactly what we need. Eyes to see. Isn't that what Jesus offered us—clarity? Recovery of sight for the blind (Luke 4:18)? We need clarity and we need it badly. A simple prayer rises from my heart: Jesus, take away the fog and the clouds and the veil, and help me to see... give me eyes to really see.

The greater our knowledge increases the greater our ignorance unfolds.

It seems to me that the only true Christians were the Gnostics, who believe in self-knowledge, i.e. becoming Christ themselves, reaching the Christ within, the light is the truth. Turn on the light. All the better to see you with, my dear.

Jesus changed how the world thinks about science, medicine, human rights, education & more.

Some drink from the fountain of knowledge - others just gargle.