Enlightened Quotes
Charm might be described as enlightened self-interest, a development of one's best self. ... In the simplest possible terms, I think genuine charm is an unmotivated interest in others.
I know no class of my fellowmen, however just, enlightened, and humane, which can be wisely and safely trusted absolutely with the liberties of any other class.
My commitment to the security and future of Israel is based upon basic morality as well as enlightened self-interest. Our role in supporting Israel honors our own heritage.
Now the stage today is to know that Self Realization gives you experiences and then your faith is established. Not blind but open enlightened faith.
Abstain from all sinful, unwholesome actions, perform only pious wholesome ones, purify the mind; this is the teaching of enlightened ones
To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.
Enlightened social engineering is required to face situations that demand global action now.
Until you are fully enlightened, you can never know what another person's reality is like for them.
Many people eat salad dutifully because they feel it is good for them, but more enlightened types eat it happily because it is good.
A bore is someone who persists in holding his own views after we have enlightened him with ours.
Imagine a world in which we are all enlightened by objective truths rather than offended by them.
Our enlightened posterity will look back upon us who eat oxen and sheep, just as we look upon cannibals.
While people who are enlightened are worthy of respect, to put them on a pedestal is a mistake. To undervalue them is also a mistake.
An enlightened person does not ignore things and does not stick to things, not even to the truth.
The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned.
It's one thing to have the attitude of enlightenment and another thing to act in an enlightened way, which is conduct or activity.
MAMMALIA, n.pl. A family of vertebrate animals whose females in a state of nature suckle their young, but when civilized and enlightened put them out to nurse, or use the bottle.
But Jesus has been depicted as a serious man. And Christians say he never laughed. Then what is the function of an Enlightened man? If Jesus cannot laugh, then who is going to laugh in this world?
The government can't solve every problem, but an enlightened government can make sure that people can work hard for their dreams and achieve them.
The social and industrial structure of America is founded upon an enlightened citizenship.
We have seen the mere distinction of color made in the most enlightened period of time, a ground of the most oppressive dominion ever exercised by man over man.
And therefore only the enlightened sovereign and the worthy general who are able to use the most intelligent people as agents are certain to achieve great things.
If we get above the individualized soul's journey, you will see that we are all one. We are all one light. In that sense, we are all enlightened.
I don't wanta hear all your word descriptions of words words words you made up all winter, man I wanta be enlightened by actions.
Self-interest is hostile to the common good, but enlightened self-interest is not. And this is the best key to the meaning of enlightenment.
Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity.
The way advanced meditation is taught, the way I teach it, the way all enlightened people teach it, is through transference. We transfer light and power to someone else.
The practice of meditation is a way of continuing one's confusion, chaos, aggression, and passion—but working with it, seeing it from the enlightened point of view.
The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch.
One can become something other than human. One can become limitless, enlightened, aware, awakened, knowledgeable and powerful in ways that human beings who traverse this earth cannot yet fathom.
Through the practice of meditation and the auric empowerments and guidance of an enlightened master, you can totally change your karmic destiny.
For me this book was a very practical explanation of one man's experience of Enlightened awareness in in the face of or in light of dogma-oriented wisdom.
I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger.
I had a great teacher in India who said to me, 'If you think you're spiritual and evolved and enlightened, go home for Christmas.'
Because the pernicious opposition by Satan continues, the continuous enlightened guidance of the Holy Ghost is absolutely essential.
Knowing others is to be clever. Knowing yourself is to be enlightened. Overcoming others requires force. Overcoming yourself requires strength.