Quotes about Enlightenment

So I cast my lot with him-not the one who claimed wisdom, Confucius; or the one who claimed enlightenment, Buddha; or the one who claimed to be a prophet, Muhammad, but with the one who claimed to be God in human flesh. The one who declared, 'Before Abraham was born, I am' - and proved it.

Augustine was right when he said that we love the truth when it enlightens us, but we hate it when it convicts us.

Some people have a sense of unearthly things, just as others have an excellent sense of smell or hearing or taste. They can feel the subtle shifts in the great and complicated body of the world. And some of these have so honed that inner sight that they can even tell where a holy spark has fallen, notice its glow in the very place you would least expect it. The worse the place, the more fervently the spark gleams, flickers— and the warmer and purer is its light.

Lord, so much activity, so many things, so numberless the people, and yet Thou remainest! Bless today with largeness of heart and beauty of character for Thy glory. O Lord, unto Thee do I look up. Enlighten me, cause me to be radiant with Thy countenance. I praise Thee for Thy grace and for seeing a little of Thy marvellous doings; enable me more and more to manifest the life hid with Christ in God.

It will mean not knowing why God is taking us that way, because knowing would make us spiritually proud. We never realize at the time what God is putting us through—we go through it more or less without understanding. Then suddenly we come to a place of enlightenment, and realize—"God has strengthened me and I didn't even know it!

Just think what we could be when we are awakened to the truth!

Jesus bases everything on God-realization, while other teachers base everything on self-realization.

Picking Another Channel "Emancipate yourself from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds.

You cannot know wisdom. You can only be wisdom.

We were meant to see more than our physical eyes can see,

Satan hates for any person to have the eyes of their understanding opened through the revelation of God's Word.

Once our understanding is enlightened, we are no longer a pushover for the kingdom of darkness.