Quotes about Enlightenment
Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the right use? What is the one end, which all means go to effect? They are for nothing but to inspire.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
God is a dark night to man in this life.
- John of the Cross
Light means nothing to a blind man.
- AW Tozer
In my library I have profitably and pleasantly dwelt among the shining lights, with which the learned, wise, and holy men of all ages have illuminated the world.
- Richard Baxter
The man who is seeking truth is free of all societies and cultures.
- Jiddu Krishnamurti
All the preaching in the world cannot make a man see the truth so long as his eyes are blinded.
- Charles Spurgeon
Many a man in his hour of trial has turned to the Book of Mormon and been enlightened, enlivened, and comforted. The psalms in the Old Testament have a special food for the soul of one in distress.
- Ezra Taft Benson
A selfish basis would not serve the purpose of taking a man higher and higher along the paths of evolution.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Truth is superior to man s wisdom.
- Mahatma Gandhi
The man who prays ceases to be a fool
- Oswald Chambers