#lightened

Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity. ↗

— William Howard Taft

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The burden of the self is lightened with I laugh at myself. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

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My spirit is healthy, yes. But I tell you, my flesh is healthy too. I am enlightened and free, but I am also lustful and carnal. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

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The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

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Things are not always what they may seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what has been carefully hidden. ↗

— Phaedrus

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He who knows himself is enlightened. ↗

— Lao Tzu

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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help. ↗

— Bodhidharma

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The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts. ↗

— Italo Calvino

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The only people available to change the world are the people now living in it, with all the beliefs they bring along - however retrograde those beliefs may appear to those of us who see ourselves as enlightened. ↗

— Todd Gitlin

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