Quotes about Enlightenment
For a frequent intercession with God, earnestly beseeching him to forgive the sins of all mankind, to bless them with His providence, enlighten them with His Spirit, and bring them to everlasting happiness, is the divinest exercise that the heart of man can be engaged in.
— William Law
In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
— John of the Cross
God will answer all our questions in one way and one way only. Namely, by showing us more of his Son.
— Watchman Nee
Reason is a light that God has kindled in the soul.
— Aristotle
The purer I try to become, the nearer I feel to be to God.
— Mahatma Gandhi
We are like children, who stand in need of masters to enlighten us and direct us; God has provided for this, by appointing his angels to be our teachers and guides.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
God gives us not only the truth but also the ability to believe it; not only the new thing to see but also the new eye to see it with.
— Peter Kreeft
God is Truth, Truth is God.
— Mahatma Gandhi
What God wants is to reveal himself more fully to us.
— Steven Curtis Chapman
People need to know that they are God. We mostly do not recognize that. We've lost the sense of our own divinity.
— Wayne Dyer
You can't find God before an altar if that is the only place you look for him.
— A Powell Davies
One who views thing as they are in reality, and not as they are said or thought to be, is truly wise, taught by God rather than by other persons
— Thomas a Kempis