Enlightening Quotes - Page 7

• Because of a great love, one is courageous.

  Laozi

  Love, Anniversary, Taoism

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• From caring comes courage.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Being Strong

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• A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

  Laozi

  Love, Witty, Humorous

  "Analects of Confucius". 475–221 BC.

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• Accepting means you allow yourself to feel whatever it is you are feeling at that moment. It is part of the isness of the Now. You can't argue with what is. Well, you can, but if you do, you suffer.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Yoga, Mean, Feelings

  "A New Earth". Book by Eckhart Tolle, 2005.

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• The secret to productive goal setting is in establishing clearly defined goals, writing them down and then focusing on them several times a day with words, pictures and emotions as if we've
  already achieved them.

  Denis Waitley

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Chase your passion, not your pension.

  Denis Waitley

  Inspirational, Life, Business

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• The gift of learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this lifetime.

  Sogyal Rinpoche

  Inspirational, Yoga, Meditation Practice

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• One has to know what is the ultimate goal of our life. The ultimate goal of our evolution is to become the Spirit, which is the reflection of God Almighty in our heart. That is self identity and also self knowledge. Also, one becomes one with the all-pervading Divine power of love. Our awareness is enlightened by the Spirit and Divine vibrations start flowing through our central nervous system enlightening our being.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Love, Wisdom, Yoga

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• Innately within us, resides the Spirit which wants to enlighten you, to give the peace, the bliss and the joy of our being.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Love, Wisdom, Yoga

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• Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish, too much handling will spoil it.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Cooking, Too Much

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• Eating a meal with full awareness can be a powerful, enlightening, and healing experience.

  David Simon

  Powerful, Food, Healing

  David Simon, M.D. (1999). “Return to Wholeness: Embracing Body, Mind, and Spirit in the Face of Cancer”, Wiley

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• Let's ask ourselves: are we open to the Holy Spirit, do I pray to him to enlighten me, to make me more sensitive to the things of God?
  
  And this is a prayer we need to pray every day, every day: Holy Spirit may my heart be open to the Word of God, may my heart be open to good, may my heart be open to the beauty of God, every day.

  Pope Francis

  Prayer, Heart, Needs

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• A ray of imagination or of wisdom may enlighten the universe, and glow into remotest centuries.

  George Berkeley

  Imagination, Rays, May

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• Love holds no grievances.

  Helen Schucman

  Grievance

  Helen Schucman “A Course in Miracles - Manual For Teachers”, A Course in Miracles

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• And this presence of the Spirit will enlighten not only yellow skin people or white skin people but even black skin people. I believe in the last days the Spirit of God will be poured out in the nations of Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. Because Jesus Christ is the Lord. Jesus Christ is the Lord of the Universe. Amen.

  Brother Yun

  Jesus, Believe, Buddhism

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• The image of the Goddess inspires women to see ourselves as divine, our bodies as sacred, the changing phases of our lives as holy, our aggression as healthy, our anger as purifying, and our power to nurture and create, but also to limit and destroy when necessary, as the very force that sustains all life. Through the Goddess we can discover our strength, enlighten our minds, own our bodies, and celebrate our emotions. We can move beyond narrow, constricting roles and become whole.

  Starhawk

  Strong Women, Moving, Inspire

  Starhawk (2011). “The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Goddess: 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.67, Harper Collins

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• I am good when there is something central about the character. There is always a human theme I attach myself to. I am really looking for something that is moving or enlightening or something with depth as an actor. I look for these kinds of roles.

  Brad Dourif

  Moving, Character, Depth

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I can't believe how some of the most unfortunate people in the world can be the happiest.It's just so enlightening to me.

  Ariana Grande

  Believe, People, World

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• I love any time you can enlighten people to mistakes, that's how I started my career.

  Ice Cube

  Mistake, Careers, People

  "Chillin' with Cube". www.theguardian.com. February 25, 2000.

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• Now, we will compare the word unto a seed. Now, if ye give place, that a seed may be planted in your heart, behold, if it be a true seed, or a good seed, if ye do not cast it out by your unbelief, that ye will resist the Spirit of the Lord, behold, it will begin to swell within your breasts; and when you feel these swelling motions, ye will begin to say within yourselves—It must needs be that this is a good seed, or that the word is good, for it beginneth to enlarge my soul; yea, it beginneth to enlighten my understanding, yea, it beginneth to be delicious to me.

  D. Todd Christofferson

  Heart, Giving, Understanding

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• We are also told that this Spirit will enlighten our minds, fill our souls with joy, and help us know all things we should do.Promised personal revelation comes when we ask for it, prepare for it, and go forward in faith, trusting that it will be poured out upon us.

  Julie B. Beck

  Joy, Soul, Mind

  "And upon the Handmaids in Those Days Will I Pour Out My Spirit". Julie B. Beck's speech at the General conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, www.lds.org. April, 2010.

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• If the Great Way perishes there will morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.

  Laozi

  Love, Inspirational, Lying

  "An Essential Part of Being'" by Brian Weatherley, November 12, 2010.

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• Lord, enlighten thou our enemies. Sharpen their wits, give acuteness to their perceptions, and consecutiveness and clearness to their reasoning powers: we are in danger from their folly, not from their wisdom; their weakness is what fills us with apprehension, not their strength.

  John Stuart Mill

  Giving, Perception, Enemy

  John Stuart Mill (1864). “Dissertations and Discussions: Political, Philosophical, and Historical”, p.77

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• Do not imagine that an integral being has the ambition of enlightening the unaware or raising worldly people to the divine realm. To her, there is no self and other, and hence no one to be raised; no heaven and hell, and hence no destination.

  Laozi

  Ambition, Self, People

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• Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Strength, Courage

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