Enlightening Quotes - Page 13

• You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Inspirational, Motivational, Spiritual

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2375, Manonmani Publishers

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• Another thing I learned is that novels, even those from apparently distant times and places, remain current and enlightening, and also comforting.

  Jane Smiley

  Comforting, Currents, Novel

  Jane Smiley (2008). “13 Ways of Looking at the Novel”, p.279, Anchor

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• I'm not personally connected to the Internet, although nearly everyone that I know is, and many of them have a great time and no problems with it. And on the surface you can see that the Internet could go an awful long way to educating, enlightening, informing and connecting the world.

  Alan Moore

  Long, World, Awful

  "Alan Moore Gets Psychogeographical With Unearthing". Interview With Scott Thill, www.wired.com. August 9, 2010.

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• The appalling and shameful scene ("spectacle", Fr.) of disarray and illogicality that manifest itself in the thought and deeds of men, will no longer be seen, once these will possess an enlighten consciouness.

  African Spir

  Men, Deeds, Scene

  "Paroles d'un sage: Choix de pensées d'African Spir" ("Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir") by Hélène Claparède-Spir, (p. 61), 1937.

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• These artists all have some kind of message to the public. These messages can be quite personal, maybe about their own existential situation, and it can be about suffering, it can be about questioning of one's existence and so on. They are all telling us very genuine stories, which are touching us in different ways and they are enlightening in different ways. But it's not only the stories themselves, but it's how it is done - that creates the impact of the story. It is not what is said but how it is said. I don't think you can dissociate the content from the form.

  Gunnar Kvaran

  Thinking, Artist, Touching

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I love being part of a project that imparts a positive message, is somehow educational or enlightening, helps to bridge differences, or inspires viewers in some way. I believe a lot of artists become activists because we rely on and value the freedom of expression and so we want to protect it.

  Nazanin Boniadi

  Educational, Believe, Artist

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a TO DO List every day, keep it visible, and use it as a guide to action as you go through the day.

  Alan Lakein

  Wisdom, Secret, Use

  Alan Lakein (1974). “How to get control of your time and your life”, Signet Book

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• The idea of being part of this tapestry of humanity is a far more enlightening idea for me than believing you are going to this different place when you die. The magic of reality is far more potent.

  Matthew Healy

  Believe, Reality, Ideas

  "The 1975's Matt Healy on That Time Usher Mistook Him for Skrillex". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. June 27, 2016.

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• Since stars appear to be suns, and suns, according to the common opinion, are bodies that serve to enlighten, warm, and sustain a system of planets, we may have an idea of the numberless globes that serve for the habitaton of living creatures.

  William Herschel

  Stars, Moon, Ideas

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• Ultimately, censorship comes down to taste. What offends me may enlighten you. Do you want me deciding-based on my taste-what you should or should not be exposed to?

  Peter McWilliams

  May, Want, Taste

  Peter McWilliams (1996). “Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in Our Free Country”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

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• The only way your powers can become great is by exerting them outside the circle of your own narrow, special, selfish interests. And that is the reason of Christianity. Christ came into the world to save others, not to save himself; and no man is a true Christian who does not think constantly of how he can lift his brother, how he can assist his friend, how he can enlighten mankind, how he can make virtue the rule of conduct in the circle in which he lives.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Christian, Brother, Selfish

  Woodrow Wilson, Albert Bushnell Hart (2002). “Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson”, p.50, The Minerva Group, Inc.

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• Essential to our personal faith and development is the unmistakable knowledge that our Father and our Savior want us to succeed. They want us to return to Their presence. Because of Their love for us, They have given us resources to obtain comfort, direction, and strength for our journey home. I speak of prayer, the wonderful and sublime ability to communicate and share our concerns with the Father; the Holy Spirit, which will enlighten and comfort us; and the words of the prophets, both ancient and modern. These resources give us understanding and direction in dealing with our challenges.

  Dean M. Davies

  Prayer, Father, Home

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• That's why I haven't been so anxious. But now, lots of people write and say, 'I want to find out what you're doing.' So I know that this book will enlighten them.

  Ornette Coleman

  Book, Writing, People

  Interview with Michael Jarrett, www2.york.psu.edu. November 8, 1987.

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• It's my duty to enlighten people.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  People, Duty

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• A story has the opportunity to enlighten us, because as we connect the extraordinary moments on film with the ordinary moments of our lives, we ask ourselves, "What am I going to do the next time I'm scared? What would it be like to say goodbye to my family for the last time?"

  Tom Hanks

  Goodbye, Opportunity, Extraordinary Moments

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• You know, one of my - one of my best and, I think, most enlightening moments was when I was contacted by Michael Jackson. And he requested that I paint his portrait.

  Kehinde Wiley

  Thinking, Portraits, Moments

  Source: www.aaa.si.edu

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• When I first saw a White Dutch person dressed up as Black Pete, I was both sickened and shocked. It's hard to stand next to someone who views your skin color and hair as a costume. As a filmmaker, whenever I get that feeling, I want to explore what motivates people to engage in such offensive behavior and enlighten folks about its origins.

  Roger Ross Williams

  Color, White, Hair

  Source: www.theskanner.com

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• I just feel like I explain myself more, I'm trying to be more conscious about it, simply. Just enlightening my fans and letting them know to lock into me because I'm speaking real with them, more than anything.

  Pusha T

  Real, Trying, Fans

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• Lobbying, protesting, letter-writing, American media, civil disobedience, and preaching pacifism ad nauseum, along with EDUCATION is the most effective way to enlighten the masses. Welfare concessions/campaigns, are counterproductive and simply ineffective in this day and age.

  Gary Yourofsky

  Writing, Media, Age

  Source: www.all-creatures.org

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• I think East Asian countries, I think they're very fortunate to have Buddhism survive as a strong influence because right from the time when Buddha himself, 2,500 years ago, made the point about the importance of education, and the word "Buddha" also means enlighten[ed] or educated. So all the Buddhist countries, not only Japan and Korea and China and Hong Kong and Thailand but also even Burma and Sri Lanka, had a higher level of education.

  Amartya Sen

  Country, Buddhist, Strong

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I've always thought about gender, as someone who has been categorically "gender nonconforming" for my entire life, I was forced to think about it, but obviously I became more conscious of it as a social issue as I've gotten older. And as I've met more folks who are genderqueer or trans, it's been really enlightening to hear their stories, and it got me thinking about my own gender history.

  Liz Prince

  Thinking, Issues, Stories

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• There are four different theories concerning Divine Providence; they are all ancient, known from the time of the Prophets, when the true law was revealed to enlighten these dark regions.

  Maimonides

  Dark, Law, Different

  Moses Maimonides (2016). “Guide for the perplexed”, p.1078, Moses Maimonides

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• It is easy to believe we are each waves and forget we are also the ocean.

  Jon J Muth

  Wisdom, Believe, Ocean

  Jon J Muth, Jon J. Muth (2015). “Zen Ties”, p.43, Scholastic Inc.

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• If you wish to attain to true knowledge of the Scriptures, hasten to acquire first an unshakeable humility of heart. That alone will lead you, not to the knowledge that puffs up, but to that which enlightens, by the perfecting of love.

  John Cassian

  Spiritual, Heart, Humility

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• Because not even the least Dharma is there found or got at. Therefore is it called 'utmost, right and perfect enlightenment'. Self-identical is that Dharma and nothing is therein at variance. Therefore is it called 'utmost, right and perfect enlighten'

  Gautama Buddha

  Self, Perfect, Enlightenment

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