Quotes about Enlightenment
Celestial wisdom calms the mind.
— Samuel Johnson
Evil is an attack against human spiritual development and enlightenment. All evil, badness, neurosis - it has one motive and one motive only, which is to destroy - to destroy your chance of arising above yourself.
— Vernon Howard
I read for the 'ah-ha's,' the information that makes a light bulb go off in my mind. I want to put information in my mind that is going to be the most beneficial to me, my family and my fellow man - financially, morally, spiritually, and emotionally.
— Zig Ziglar
Men remain in ignorance as long as they hate, and they hate unjustly as long as they remain in ignorance.
— Tertullian
I got more true knowledge from reading the Book of God in one month, than I could ever have acquired from all the writings of men.
— George Whitefield
It is vain to say that enlightened statesmen will always be able to adjust their interests. Enlightened men will not always be at the helm.
— James Madison
Movies can be instruments of enlightenment.
— Marianne Williamson
Teach the ignorant as much as you can; society is culpable in not providing instruction for all and it must answer for the night with it produces. If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness. (Bishop of D)
— Victor Hugo
Teach those who are ignorant as many things as possible; society is culpable, in that it does not afford instruction gratis; it is responsible for the night which it produces If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.
— Victor Hugo
He felt that to increase his knowledge was to strengthen his hatred. Under certain circumstances, instruction and enlightenment may serve as rallying points for evil.
— Victor Hugo
Blind is he who will not see!
— Victor Hugo
Teach the ignorant as much as you can; society is culpable in not providing instruction for all and it must answer for the night which it produces. If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.
— Victor Hugo