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• When the other person is hurting, confused, troubled, anxious, alienated, terrified; or when he or she is doubtful of self-worth, uncertain as to identity, then understanding is called for. The gentle and sensitive companionship of an empathic stance… provides illumination and healing. In such situations deep understanding is, I believe, the most precious gift one can give to another.

  Carl Rogers

  Hurt, Confused, Believe

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• Freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men’s minds which follows from the advance of science.

  Charles Darwin

  Atheist, Men, Mind

  Charles Darwin (2015). “Darwin on Evolution: Words of Wisdom from the Father of Evolution”, p.34, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust conduct, but are those deeper illuminations in whose light justice and injustice, good and evil, means and ends are seen in fearful sharpness of outline.

  Jacob Bronowski

  Mean, Light, Evil

  Jacob Bronowski (1975). “Science and Human Values”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• One has to recognize that science is not metaphysics, and certainly not mysticism; it can never bring us the illumination and the satisfaction experienced by one enraptured in ecstasy. Science is sobriety and clarity of conception, not intoxicated vision.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Sobriety, Vision, Satisfaction

  Ludwig Von Mises (1960). “Epistemological Problems of Economics”, p.48, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.

  August Wilson

  Strength, Pain, Use

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• I have suckled the wolf's lip of anger and I have used it for illumination, laughter, protection, fire in places where there was no light, no food, no sisters, no quarter.

  Audre Lorde

  Laughter, Anger, Fire

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• There are five stages of meditation, each one leading gradually into the next: concentration, meditation, contemplation, illumination, and inspiration.

  Benjamin Creme

  Inspiration, Meditation, Next

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• Regrets are illuminations come too late.

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Regret, Hero Journey

  Joseph Campbell (2008). “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”, p.101, New World Library

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• If we immerse ourselves in the ultimate good, we will have this silly smile on our face or perhaps just inside our hearts. That is what illumination is.

  Frederick Lenz

  Happiness, Silly, Heart

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• Truth will never come into our minds so long as there will remain the faintest shadow of Ahamkâra (egotism). All of you should try to root out this devil from your heart. Complete self-surrender is the only way to spiritual illumination.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Spiritual, Heart, Self

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• Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Love, Life, Marriage

  Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

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• Feelings of passion, pure bliss, reverence, optimism, trust and illumination indicate that your desire to manifest success and abundance has an extremely strong pulling power from the universal source to you.

  Wayne Dyer

  Positive, Strong, Passion

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• It is the Holy Spirit who inspired the Bible. It is the Holy Spirit who illumines the Bible.

  R. C. Sproul

  Spirit, Inspired, Holy Spirit

  Twitter post from Feb 01, 2016

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• Books may not change our suffering, books may not protect us from evil, books may not tell us what is good or what is beautiful, and they will certainly not shield us from the common fate of the grave. But books grant us myriad possibilities: the possibility of change, the possibility of illumination.

  Alberto Manguel

  Beautiful, Book, Fate

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• Act as if the universe is a prodigious miracle created for your amusement and illumination. Assume that secret helpers are working behind the scenes to assist you in turning into the gorgeous masterpiece you were born to be. Join the conspiracy to shower all of creation with blessings.

  Rob Brezsny

  Blessing, Miracle, Secret

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• Phases of the creative process: Preparation-gathering impressions Incubation-letting go of certainties Immersion/Illumination-creative intervention/risk Revision-conscious structuring and editing of creative material.

  Gail Sheehy

  Letting Go, Creativity, Editing

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• The rainbow is elusive, and its colors but the illumination of tears.

  Alice Dunbar Nelson

  Color, Sky, Rainbow

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• A saving knowledge of Christ crucified and risen is not the mere result of right reasoning about historical facts. It is the result of spiritual illumination to see those facts for what they really are: a revelation of the truth and glory of God in the face of Christ-who is the same yesterday today and forever.

  John Piper

  Spiritual, Yesterday, Forever

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• Don't hate the arising of thoughts or stop the thoughts that do arise. Simply realize that our original mind, right from the start, is beyond thought, so that no matter what, you never get involved with thoughts. Illuminate original mind, and no other understanding is necessary.

  Bankei Yotaku

  Hate, Thinking, Practice

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• The anointing of the Holy Spirit is given to illuminate His Word, to open the Scriptures, and to place the spiritual man in direct communication with the mind of God.

  Charles Fox Parham

  Bible, God, Faith

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• The end for which we are created invites us to walk a road that is surely sown with a lot of thorns, but it is not sad; through even the sorrow, it is illuminated by joy.

  Pier Giorgio Frassati

  Inspirational, God, Joy

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• The adept may reach one of those rare moments that spell illumination -- aware of the light of the consciousness that illumines our consciousness as the sun dawns on the sleeping earth and bathes it in effulgence.

  Vilayat Inayat Khan

  Sleep, Light, Dawn

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• The greater the realization of truth and ahimsa, the greater the illumination.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Realization, Ahimsa, Greater

  Mahatma Gandhi (1978). “Hindu Dharma”, p.127, Orient Paperbacks

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• I think for everybody reading can be a solace, illumination, education.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Reading, Thinking, Solace

  Source: www.hbook.com

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• The book was in her lap; she had read no further. The power to change one’s life comes from a paragraph, a lone remark. The lines that penetrate us are slender, like the flukes that live in river water and enter the bodies of swimmers. She was excited, filled with strength. The polished sentences had arrived, it seemed, like so many other things, at just the right time. How can we imagine what our lives should be without the illumination of the lives of others?

  James Salter

  Book, Rivers, Water

  "Light Years". Book by James Salter, 2011.

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