Quotes about Enlightenment
No one who lives in error is free.
— Euripides
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!
— Bob Marley
If God does not open and explain Holy Writ, no one can understand it; it will remain a closed book, enveloped in darkness.
— Martin Luther
May the Lord, whose cause this is, enlighten you and make you a vessel to honour and glory. Amen.
— Martin Luther
The doers are much more enlightened in faith than the speculative, as even the philosopher says in his Metaphysics,75 that an experienced person acts more surely.
— Martin Luther
Give up the belief that mind is, even temporarily, compressed within the skull, and you will quickly become more manly or womanly. You will understand yourself and your Maker better than before.
— Mary Baker Eddy
Pearls of wisdom are better than necklaces of diamonds.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
You need several eyes to see an opportunity, many eyes to see wisdom, and countless eyes to see God.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
You will know the truth and the truth will set you free.
— Melody Carlson
believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen. Not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
— NT Wright
The most important decisions we make in life are not made by post-Enlightenment left-brain rationality alone.
— NT Wright
Combining apocalyptic visions of God's coming kingdom, and public service within the present one, appears shocking to the Enlightenment mindset.
— NT Wright