Quotes about Enlightenment

Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.

I shall light a candle of understanding in thine heart, which shall not be put out.

Lead me from the unreal to the real!Lead me from darkness to light!Lead me from death to immortality!

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Dare to be wise.

Do not be trapped by the need to achieve anything. This way, you achieve everything.

attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing Darkness. It cannot be.

You have eyes, yet cannot see without light.

Religious enthusiasm among students is now an embarrassment; belief in the authority of the Bible and the deity of Jesus Christ is treated as naivety to be enlightened rather than life to be nourished. Scholars in the arts, letters, and sciences who show signs of Christian devotion are likely to be shrugged off as simplistic and eccentric.

In sorrow and suffering, go straight to God with confidence, and you will be strengthened, enlightened and instructed.

It is only the ignorant who despise education.

A few hours spent reading a book is better than a lifetime of ignorance.