Quotes About Becoming Enlightened

#1. It is not special to be enlightened, just different. An enlightened person is someone who has dedicated not just this lifetime but thousands of lifetimes to becoming awareness.

Frederick Lenz

#2. A book hasn't caused me this much trouble since Where's Waldo went to that barber pole factory

Tina Fey

#3. Becoming enlightened doesn't mean everything works your way.

Frederick Lenz

#4. You see, unlearning is a very important process towards becoming enlightened, because in this life you will have learned wrong ways and those wrong ways that you have learned are barriers blocking you from becoming who you really are, therefore it is vital that they are unlearned.

Andrew James Pritchard

#5. Figuring out our gifts in life is part of our journey to becoming enlightened human beings.

Allison DuBois

#6. The title of the poems was The Only Bar in Dixon. We sent it out to The New Yorker on a fluke, and they took them and printed all three in the same issue.

James Welch

#7. If we will only allow that, as we progress, we remain unsure, we will leave opportunities for alternatives.

Richard P. Feynman

#8. I that was near your heart was removed therefrom

T. S. Eliot

#9. Usually when you're working on fight scenes, you don't really feel what's going on physically. It's more when you go back home and you're like, "My god!," and you wear the wounds or bruises with a certain amount of pride.

Danny Huston

#10. I am true to my own race. I wish to see all done that can be done for their encouragement, to assist them in acquiring property, in becoming intelligent, enlightened, useful, valuable citizens.

Hiram Rhodes Revels

#11. I loved Billie Holiday more than any other person other than myself on the stage. Yeah, I do.

Abbey Lincoln

#12. Spirituality is feeling a oneness with humanity.

Debasish Mridha

#13. Becoming enlightened is not special, but it's unusual.

Frederick Lenz

#14. All through the day, whenever the sadness comes, I pinch my arm to make the sadness go there. That takes it out of my heart. When I go to bed that night, I see a bruise on my arm.

Cathryn Clinton

#15. Imagine a culture in which everything is geared toward helping all individuals become the best human beings they can be; in which individuals are driven to devoting their lives to becoming enlightened by the natural flood of compassion for others that arises from their wisdom.

Robert A.F. Thurman

#16. Be as fast as Usain Bolt, the winner is the winner, even if he crawls like a crab, his destiny is unshakable.

Michael Bassey Johnson

#17. When you struggle, you're going to be a little discouraged. But I never felt like I was overmatched.

Buster Posey

#18. You're an interesting species. An interesting mix. You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.

Carl Sagan

#19. I'm very encouraged. This is progress. There are two or three ways to combat homophobia - one is through humor. The second is to put a face on it. People are becoming much more enlightened.

Leslie Jordan

#20. The idea of UFOs is becoming a very prevalent phenomenon in people's consciousness. People believe in them. What does this mean? It means that people have a place to look to other than our government! People have a place to look for guidance and authority that is much more enlightened ...

Brad Steiger