Enlightening Quotes - Page 11

• How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?

  Laozi

  Peace, War, Men

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• Chase your passion, not your pension.

  Denis Waitley

  Inspirational, Life, Business

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• The gift of learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this lifetime.

  Sogyal Rinpoche

  Inspirational, Yoga, Meditation Practice

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• One has to know what is the ultimate goal of our life. The ultimate goal of our evolution is to become the Spirit, which is the reflection of God Almighty in our heart. That is self identity and also self knowledge. Also, one becomes one with the all-pervading Divine power of love. Our awareness is enlightened by the Spirit and Divine vibrations start flowing through our central nervous system enlightening our being.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Love, Wisdom, Yoga

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• Innately within us, resides the Spirit which wants to enlighten you, to give the peace, the bliss and the joy of our being.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Love, Wisdom, Yoga

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• Only after Self-Realisation and only then, is there a direct experience of the Spirit. It then manifests its powers in the human personality, and it's light enlightens the consciousness into a new awareness. The Divine intelligence of the Spirit radiates on all sides.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Love, Wisdom, Yoga

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• Imparting education not only enlightens the receiver, but also broadens the giver - the teachers, the parents, the friends.

  Amartya Sen

  Teacher, Educational, Parent

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• Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.

  Melody Beattie

  Gratitude, Fullness Of Life, Being Thankful

  Melody Beattie (2003). “The Language of Letting Go: A Meditation Book and Journal for Daily Reflections”, Hazelden Publishing

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• Accepting means you allow yourself to feel whatever it is you are feeling at that moment. It is part of the isness of the Now. You can't argue with what is. Well, you can, but if you do, you suffer.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Yoga, Mean, Feelings

  "A New Earth". Book by Eckhart Tolle, 2005.

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• A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

  Laozi

  Love, Witty, Humorous

  "Analects of Confucius". 475–221 BC.

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• What is one's personality, detached from that of the friends with whom fate happens to have linked one? I cannot think of myself apart from the influence of the two or three greatest friendships of my life, and any account of my own growth must be that of their stimulating and enlightening influence.

  Edith Wharton

  Happiness, Fate, Thinking

  Edith Wharton (2016). “A Backward Glance”, p.128, Edith Wharton

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• To see things in the seed, that is genius.

  Laozi

  Nature, Educational, Intelligence

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• The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Trust No One, Order

  "Tao Te Ching". Ch. 57, 4th century BC.

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• Life and death are one thread,
  the same line viewed from different sides.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Sympathy, Death

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• Because of a great love, one is courageous.

  Laozi

  Love, Anniversary, Taoism

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• From caring comes courage.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Being Strong

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• Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish, too much handling will spoil it.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Cooking, Too Much

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• Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

  Laozi

  Uplifting, Journey, Difficult And Easy

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• Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.

  Laozi

  Honesty, Taoism, Being Honest

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• If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Learning, Tao Te Ching

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• We are also told that this Spirit will enlighten our minds, fill our souls with joy, and help us know all things we should do.Promised personal revelation comes when we ask for it, prepare for it, and go forward in faith, trusting that it will be poured out upon us.

  Julie B. Beck

  Joy, Soul, Mind

  "And upon the Handmaids in Those Days Will I Pour Out My Spirit". Julie B. Beck's speech at the General conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, www.lds.org. April, 2010.

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• Everything you do, every experience that you have, enlightens you a little bit or worsens you.

  Paul Dano

  Littles, Bits, Little Bit

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Unless the schools provide our children with a vision of human possibility that enlightens and empowers them with knowledge and taste, they will simply play their role in someone else's marketing schemes. Unless they understand deeply the sources of our democracy, they will take it for granted and fail to exercise their rights and responsibilities.

  Diane Ravitch

  Children, School, Responsibility

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• Erudite and entertaining, Max Anderson is the perfect tour guide to the world of art. The Quality Instinct is both educational and enlightening from start to finish, the thinking person's guide to museums. This is a must-read for anyone who wants to truly understand what makes a masterpiece.

  Daniel Silva

  Art, Educational, Thinking

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• Do not imagine that an integral being has the ambition of enlightening the unaware or raising worldly people to the divine realm. To her, there is no self and other, and hence no one to be raised; no heaven and hell, and hence no destination.

  Laozi

  Ambition, Self, People

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