Quotes about Enlightenment
It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.
— Henry David Thoreau
A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom. - from Live Without Principle
— Henry David Thoreau
The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
— Joseph Addison
The possession of the truth is the highest goal of the human mind.
— Mortimer Adler
In the Diamond Sutra the meditator is urged to throw away, to release, four notions in order to understand our own true nature and the true nature of reality: the notion of "self," the notion of "human being," the notion of "living beings," and the notion of "life span.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
We can learn many practices to lessen our sadness and our suffering, but the cream of enlightened wisdom is the insight of no birth, no death.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Ignorance is in each cell of our body and our consciousness. It's like a drop of ink diffused in a glass of water. That ignorance stops us from seeing reality; it pushes us to do foolish things that make us suffer even more
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Nirvana is the complete silencing of concepts.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Living the holy life, transcending time and space, you are revered by both men and gods.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Do not be too severe upon the errors of the people, but reclaim them by enlightening them.
— Thomas Jefferson
Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.
— Thomas Jefferson
No people who are ignorant can be truly free.
— Thomas Jefferson