#enlightenment

You can't expect anyone to trust revelation if he hasn't experienced it himself. Those who haven't only know reason. And since revelation is a thing apart, and cannot be accounted for reasonably, they never will believe you. This is the great division of the world and always has been. When reason and revelation run together, why, then you have something great, a great age. ↗

— Mark Helprin

#knowledge #numinous #seek-and-you-shall-find #solace #spiritual

Bhikkus, all is burning. And what is the all that is burning? The eye is burning, visible forms are burning, eye-consciousness is burning, eye-contact is burning; also whatever is felt as pleasant or painful or neither-painful-nor-pleasant that arises with eye-contact as its condition, that too is burning. Burning with what? Burning with the fire of greed, with the fire of hate, with the fire of delusion, with birth, ageing and death, with sorrow, with lamentation, with pain, grief and despair it is burning. ↗

— The Buddha's Fire Sermon

#enlightenment #fire #fire-sermon #philosophy #religion

And I envy you. You have the one thing that matters. You have all your discoveries before you. ↗

— John Fowles

#discovery #enlightenment #youth #age

Think of a world where “Detachment”, “Gratitude” and “Empathy” were subjects included in every grade school’s curriculum. A new generation would emerge with an attitude of peace, contentment and an overall appreciation for everything and everyone ↗

— Gary Hopkins

#enlightenment #god #higher-self #holy-spirit #inspirational

A revolution in the eyes of man carries purpose. A revolution in the eyes of the awakened carries bliss. ↗

— Sal Martinez

#bliss #buddha-nature #buddhism #enlightenment #human-revolution

Live simply. Deepest joy is like a flower....beautiful in essence. ↗

— Tony Samara

#consciousness #enlightenment #evolution #foundation #freedom

The difference between going where you are needed and going where you are called is purely based upon diligent prayer and the leading of the Holy Spirit. ↗

— M.J. Stoddard

#inspirational #m-j-stoddard-quotes #religious-faith #faith

Memories are of the ethereal, and not the material world, that is how I know I am forever. ↗

— Michael Poeltl

#enlightenment #forever #life-lessons #memories #spirituality

The left has come to regard common sense - the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community - as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment. ↗

— Christopher Lasch

#common #common sense #community #enlightenment #left

I just read an 800-page history of the Scottish Enlightenment and, honestly, I may as well just start it again now, because I cannot remember a single thing. I can barely remember where Scotland is. ↗

— Hugh Laurie

#barely #because #cannot #enlightenment #history