Enlightened Quotes

Despise (viradhana) of a Gnani [the enlightened one] creates hindrance in (acquiring right) Knowledge-Vision-Conduct (Gnan-Darshan-Charitra).

As long as there is insistence of the truth, one cannot know the Vitarag Lord [the enlightened one].

A person who has the slightest fear of insult cannot be called a “Gnani” [the enlightened one] and a person who desires self-recognition [maan] is not a Gnani [the enlightened one].

You can discover a person's true character by examining how their actions align with their words.

Enlightenment lacks any form of judgment.

The strong overcome their opponents, the mighty crush them, the shrewd outwit them, the cowardly hide from them, but the enlightened transcend them.

We must not fall asleep in the present because the now moment is the only reality we truly have.

Intelligence is the icing, but wisdom is the cake.

Fall from ignorance, and you will rise to reason.

Light poured out multiplies light poured in.

To create an enlightened society, be a beacon of light

Enlightenment is not about cocooning one’s self, but about integrating more fully with both your self and life.

It is natural for a person to make a mistake (commit a fault). What is the way to become free from that? Only the Gnani Purush [the enlightened one] can show it, (which is) ‘Pratikraman’.

Kindness is a magical spell—performed by enlightened beings—meant to enchant hearts and lift weary souls that they might fly.

We can only come to terms with our own place in the world by compassionately commiserating with the pang of longing that our brethren experience.

We can only be enlightened to the meaning of wise words only and only if life have put and made us requiring them.

Enlightenment is to replace your own self with the self of the universe!

Suddenly you realize that you are the mother of the Universe, eager to protect, transform and care every soul of the world.

Hatred never ceases with hatred, but with love alone is healed.

Enlightenment is coming out from the fear mode, victim mode and guilt mode of living to the mode of empowerment.

There is no point of being enlightened unless you have started enlightening others!

I’ve heard that sometimes a version of you must die before another more enlightened version can be born. I think that’s true after watching the corpse of myself walk around.

Within you is everything you need

We learn that all life is scarce yet abundant. Profane yet sacred. Loving yet hateful. Enlightened yet obscured. Isolated yet collective. That life is somehow derived from love.

Soberly teach the enlightened souls the reality that they will be rejected by the massively ignorant, for the unpopular, absolute truths they style their lives with...in a confident know-show.

Unlike Saudi Arabia, Russia, and China, the United States was created by an enlightened band of Founding Fathers with a global vision for the new republic.