28 quotes
“The best education is to awaken ourselves.”
— Aristotle
“He who knows others is wise; he who knows himself is enlightened.”
— Lao Tzu
“He who knows others is wise he who knows himself is enlightened”
“Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier. Enlightenment is the crumbling away of untruth.”
— Adyashanti
“Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own understanding.”
— Immanuel Kant
“Enlightenment is a destructive process it has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier”
“Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier.”
“To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.”
— Dogen Zenji
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
— Plato
“It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.”
— Eugene Ionesco
“He who knows others is wise but he who knows himself is enlightened and faith is the light of self-knowledge”
“Before enlightenment chop wood carry water. After enlightenment chop wood carry water.”
— Zen Proverb
“To study the self is to forget the self to forget the self is to be enlightened by all things”
— Dogen
“Before enlightenment chop wood carry water after enlightenment chop wood carry water”
“Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.”
“The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels”
— Hazrat Inayat Khan
“Before enlightenment chop wood carry water and after enlightenment chop wood carry water with compassion”
“When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.”
— Gautama Buddha
“He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened and at peace.”
“Enlightenment is ego falling away every moment you just have to keep your eye on the ball”
— Chogyam Trungpa
“Enlightenment is a destructive process it has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier it is the crumbling away of untruth”
“Enlightenment is intimacy with all things”
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