Quotes about Enlightenment

By education, I mean an all-round drawing of the best in child and man in body, mind and spirit.

To be always seeking after the useful does not become free and exalted souls.

I felt a long way from the pre-me, the pawn-Christian who was a Republican because my family was Republican, not because I had prayed and asked God to enlighten me about issues concerning the entire world rather than just America.

Men may be born in dark places of the earth, like these wise men, and yet like them be made "wise unto salvation.

The truth is the truth. You are better off knowing the truth than not knowing it.

Thus meditating you will no longer strive to build yourself up in your prejudices, but, forgetting self, you will remember only that you are seeking the Truth

He who has seen the light does not choose to walk in darkness.

Selfhood is the source of suffering; Truth is the source of bliss.

The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance.

This is the power available to us! The same power that raised Jesus from the dead. It may not feel like we have this power, but we do. And each time we proclaim, "I am made for more," I pray all the power-packed truths within that statement rush into our hearts and keep us enlightened.

Enlightened literally means "to shed light upon.

That is exactly what we need. Eyes to see. Isn't that what Jesus offered us—clarity? Recovery of sight for the blind (Luke 4:18)? We need clarity and we need it badly. A simple prayer rises from my heart: Jesus, take away the fog and the clouds and the veil, and help me to see... give me eyes to really see.