Enlightening Quotes - Page 7

• To get the bad customs of a country changed and new ones, though better, introduced, it is necessary first to remove the prejudices of the people, enlighten their ignorance, and convince them that their interests will be promoted by the proposed changes; and this is not the work of a day.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Country, Ignorance, People

  Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1817). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.366

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• TV is a responsibility, not only in entertaining people, but using this medium of television in positive ways to teach people and enlighten people.

  James Van Praagh

  Responsibility, People, Television

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• Every writer, big or small, needs to say or write that the genius is always hissed at by his contemporaries. Naturally, this is not true, it happens only occasionally and often by chance. But this need within the writer is enlightening.

  Albert Camus

  Writing, Needs, Genius

  Albert Camus (2008). “Notebooks, 1951-1959”, Ivan R Dee

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• As much as we look up at the stars and know there is more than life on earth, the divinity of dogs is just as unexplainable and profound. They may be the purest example of divine love in an earthly soul many of us ever experience. If we take their lead, open our hearts, and embrace their love, we may just find our own journey a lot more enlightening.

  Jennifer Skiff

  Dog, Stars, Heart

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• And while good books - even so-so books - serve both functions, if you ever have to choose one over the other, keep in mind that a book that entertains without enlightening can still be a guilty pleasure, but a book that enlightens without entertaining is algebra.

  Pete Dexter

  Book, Mind, Guilty

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• Those who applaud social production and networked amateurism, the colorful cacophony that is the Internet, and the creative capacities of everyday people to produce entertaining and enlightening things online, are right to marvel. There is amazing inventiveness, boundless talent and ability, and overwhelming generosity on display. Where they go wrong is thinking that the Internet is an egalitarian, let alone revolutionary, platform for our self-expression and development, that being able to shout into the digital torrent is adequate for democracy.

  Astra Taylor

  Thinking, Self, Expression

  Astra Taylor (2014). “The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age”, p.62, Metropolitan Books

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• It's our job to just do as much as we can to enlighten the people about it and to represent it by playing it with some integrity. That's what I try to do.

  Wynton Marsalis

  Jobs, Integrity, People

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• There are many other possibilities more enlightening than the struggle to become the local doctor's most affluent ulcer case.

  Nelson Rockefeller

  Struggle, Doctors, Ulcers

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• There is nothing enlightening about shrinking so that other people

  Marianne Williamson

  People, Shrinking, Inadequate

  Marianne Williamson (2012). “A Course in Weight Loss: 21 Spiritual Lessons for Surrendering Your Weight Forever”, p.230, Hay House, Inc

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• Because wisdom is innate, we can all enlighten ourselves.

  Huineng

  Innate

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• When the teacher, the spiritual master, is praying for the mercy of the Lord to enlighten the student, then by the blessings of the Lord the student gets the blessing of knowledge.

  Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami

  Spiritual, Teacher, Blessing

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• In the measure that we pay attention and take care to carry out what we hear, God will always enlighten us and make us understand His will.

  Dorotheus of Gaza

  Christian, Attention, Care

  Saint Dorotheus (of Gaza) (1977). “Discourses and Sayings”

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• By keeping the Commandments the soul is purified and the mind too is enlightened, and starts to function as nature intended it to. 'The command of the Lord gives light and enlightens the eyes' (Ps. 19:8).

  Dorotheus of Gaza

  Christian, Eye, Light

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• If a man really sets his heart upon the will of God, God will enlighten a little child to tell that man what is His will. But if a man does not truly desire the will of God, even if he goes in search of a prophet, God will put into the heart of the prophet a reply like the deception in his own heart.

  Dorotheus of Gaza

  Christian, Children, Heart

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• I am really fascinated by human beings, fascinated! One thing I loved about living in New York was that I could sit on my stoop and just watch life happen. It was better than any kind of reality television - way more entertaining and enlightening.

  Idara Victor

  New York, Reality, Television

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• I would rather enlighten the electorate so that when it's time for them to put somebody in Congress, it will be self-evident that they will embrace the message and tools and discovery of science in a way that can transform our culture and even our civilization.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Self, Civilization, Discovery

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• To the extent that we sow love where there is hate and light where there is darkness, each in his or her own walk in life, we can heal, enlighten, and unify.

  John I. Jenkins

  Hate, Light, Darkness

  Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org

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• Modern man is assailed on every side and almost without interruption by noise - of the radio, of television, of headlines, of advertising and of the cinema - of which the greatest part, far from enlightening the mind, blunts and stultifies it.

  Erich Fromm

  Men, Mind, Cinema

  Source: www.scribd.com

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• Going out in the field, it's always enlightening to see what's working and what's not and to sit down and talk - I was with young girls in south Africa - understanding why our tools for prevention aren't being adopted, and what way may need to invent to help protect them.

  Bill Gates

  Girl, Understanding, Needs

  Source: www.ctvnews.ca

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• Not only does social life demand teaching and learning for its own permanence, but the very process of living together educates. It enlarges and enlightens experience; it stimulates and enriches imagination; it creates responsibility for accuracy and vividness of statement and thought.

  John Dewey

  Teaching, Responsibility, Imagination

  John Dewey (2012). “Democracy and Education”, p.11, Courier Corporation

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• Suffering usually relates to wanting things to be different from the way they are.

  Allan Lokos

  Yoga, Health, Suffering

  Allan Lokos (2010). “Pocket Peace: Effective Practices for Enlightened Living”, p.48, Penguin

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• Religion is very enlightening - to those who don't understand it.

  Chapman Cohen

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• Even short words of encouragement is enough to enlighten one's darkened minds and make things a little bit easier to handle. You might be searching for short motivational quotes, that's why I'm here to give you a set of the best short inspiring quotes. Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.

  Albert Einstein

  Encouragement, Giving, Best Short

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• The greatest reward for a children's author is in knowing that our efforts might stir the minds and hearts of young readers with a vision and wonder of the world and themselves that may be new to them or reveal something already familiar in new and enlightening ways.

  Charles Ghigna

  Children, Heart, Knowing

  "Quotes on Writing". Personal Website, www.charlesghigna.com.

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• Not to any really influential effect, but certainly there have been comments that have surprised me. It's surprising sometimes to get particular perspectives on your work, and it's enlightening sometimes to know that non-writers and readers out there have certain assumptions about everything that I both want to keep in mind and want to forget about why I write, and about the connection between me as a private person and the stuff that I think about on the page.

  Chang-Rae Lee

  Writing, Thinking, Perspective

  Source: therumpus.net

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