“Nietzsche said that Christianity developed the sense of truth to such a degree that it died at the hands of its own construction. I think that’s brilliant. I think it’s absolutely the case. And so you can see the Enlightenment as part of that: the spirit of truth was highly developed, and that led p…”— Jordan B. Peterson, youtube.com
“These people thought they were on a path to enlightenment. And unbeknownst to them, they were dressed like a bunch of drunks at a tailgate.”— Seth Meyers, Larry Cooper, Gary Kraus, imdb.com
“It's supposed to be mystical. The old man who sold it to me said it would help you on your journey to enlightenment. Or with cramps. My Spanish really sucks.”— Silvio Horta, Marco Pennette, Betty Suarez, America Ferrera, imdb.com
“I don't believe that human beings can achieve ultimate enlightenment, because humans have flaws.”— Tiger Woods, cbsnews.com
“And the free man realizes that there is a real, true world out there that his fellow prisoners, his friends, they don't know.”— Jessica Goldberg, Cal Roberts, Hugh Dancy, imdb.com
“We are more enlightened now than ever before and continue to be so. The reason is, once you are introduced to a piece of wisdom, you can never unknow it. So it will keep growing in you and all of us.”— Yoko Ono, twitter.com
“Whenever something negative happens to you, there is a deep lesson concealed within it.”— Eckhart Tolle, amazon.com
“Maybe that's enlightenment enough - to know that there is no final resting place of the mind, no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom, at least for me, means realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go.”— Anthony Bourdain, amazon.com
“Our minds are all we have. They are all we have ever had. And they are all we can offer others.”— Sam Harris, amazon.com
“Concentrate on what you want to say to yourself and your friends. Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness. You say what you want to say when you don’t care who’s listening.”— Allen Ginsberg, goodreads.com
“There are two kinds of truth: the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart.”— Raymond Chandler, amazon.com
“At night I read and write, and things I have never understood become clear.”— Annie Dillard, amazon.com
“People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own soul. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.”— Carl Jung, amazon.com
“It’s easy to take off your clothes and have sex. People do it all the time. But opening up your soul to someone, letting them into your spirit, thoughts, fears, future, hopes, dreams… that is being naked.”— Rob Bell, amazon.com