It is easy to acknowledge, but almost impossible to realize for long, that we are mirrors whose brightness, if we are bright, is wholly derived from the sun that shines upon us.C. S. Lewis
The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested without danger.Mary Wollstonecraft
I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.Paulo Coelho
Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.Dōgen Zenji
The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom.Khalil Gibran
He who walks in the eightfold noble path with unswerving determination is sure to reach Nirvana.Buddha
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.Buddha
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.Eckhart Tolle
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.Plato