I hope that you have nothing against malice, my good engineer. In my eyes it is the brightest sword that reason has against the powers of darkness and ugliness. Malice, sir, is the spirit of criticism, and criticism marks the origin of progress and enlightenment.

My music is not just about entertainment. It is about enlightenment also.

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.

There is no enlightenment outside of daily life.

In the broadest context, the goal is to seek enlightenment – however you define it.

Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.

The greatest obstacle to enlightenment is getting past your delusion that you are not already enlightened.

Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.

To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the love and joy underneath the pain, is freedom, salvation, enlightenment.

One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me

After all, the true seeing is within.

The limits on your enlightenment come not from the age you stopped going to school but from the age you stopped being curious.

Spiritual enlightenment and self-protection are more effective than drugs and alcohol, I feel

Maybe that’s enlightenment enough: to know that there is no final resting place of the mind; no moment of smug clarity. Perhaps wisdom… is realizing how small I am, and unwise, and how far I have yet to go

I am afraid that education is conceived more in terms of indoctrination by most school officials than in terms of enlightenment.

The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults

People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves

Education can become a self-fulfilling activity, liberating in and of itself.

Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in

We need to share our stories so that global mental health no longer resides and festers in the darkness.

Dream, Dream Dream
Dreams transform into thoughts
And thoughts result in action.