“ But I wish to be enlightened.''Let me caution you against it.''Is enlightenment on the subject, then, so terrible?''Yes, indeed.'She laughingly declared that nothing could have so piqued her curiosity… Thomas Hardy
“ If there is a dark and hostile power, laying its treacherous toils within us, by which it holds us fast and draws us along the path of peril and destruction, which we should not otherwise have trod; i… E.T.A. Hoffmann
“ You will not die if you abandon them. You will not lose if you abandon them. You will gain something greater. If you do not abandon them you will never reach enlightenment, nor find your self that is… Woo Myung
“ Enlightenment doesn’t make us a better person if we seek it just for us. It doesn’t erase our desires or put an end to even our own suffering. In fact it is the suffering that ennobles us. Balroop Singh
“ You have eternity to experience your awakened self. So why not enjoy the dream while you’re in it, even if it is limited? Teresa Tsalaky
“ When the human condition is finally demystified, human insecurity and nervousness will be at a maximum…for this ultimate enlightenment to be allowed, society is going to have to adhere scrupulously to… Jeremy Griffith
“ I’ve heard that sometimes a version of you must die before another more enlightened version can be born. I think that’s true after watching the corpse of myself walk around. Julie Flygare
“ There was hardly an eminent writer in Paris who was unacquainted with the inside of the Conciergerie or the Bastille. Lytton Strachey
“ May you listen to the voice within the beat even when you are tired. When you feel yourself breaking down, may you break open instead. May every experience in life be a door that opens your heart, exp… Elizabeth Lesser
“ No spiritual master who ever walked the earth has anything on you. You're the complete package, the real deal. You just don't remember it yet. Carrie Triffet
“ The mind that is deceived believes that this world is real. It believes that it is a real person and that there are real events that are happening to it. I really lost my job; I really do not have eno… David Hoffmeister
“ For a brief moment I felt I was the older, the more mature."A gift of life," I responded, "if not to say, a gift of God, such as music, should not have the mocking charge of paradox leveled at it for… Thomas Mann
“ Only love can be shared, and the attempt to 'share' an illusion is literally impossible. David Hoffmeister
“ A man like this will not go where he has no will to go, will not do what he has no mind to do. Though the world might praise him and say he had really found something, he would look unconcerned and ne… Zhuangzi
“ I became aware that there was no barrier between what was inside and what was outside. My body was illuminated by a bright light. I heard with my eyes and saw with my ears. I used my nose as mouth and… Liezi
“ Does one really have to fretAbout enlightenment?No matter what road I travel,I’m going home. Shinsho
“ Stupidity and MadnessThe Tao is clear, yet this clarity requires you to sweep away all your clutter. At all times watch out for your own stupidity, be careful of how your mind jumps around. When nothi… Liu Yiming
