Best Enlightenment Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“As the 'I' vanishes into the Absolute, the Self shines forth: Pure Awareness.”

“Memories are of the ethereal, and not the material world, that is how I know I am forever.”

“Order is nothing but a friendship with chaos.”

“Bringing to light what had been hidden in darkness should not overwhelm you, but EDUCATE you.”

“Know then thyself, presume not God to scan,”

“This thing I am feeling, I’m almost certain, is the closest I’ll ever come to standing somewhere in between truth and reconciliation.”

“I used to think that once you really knew a thing, its truth would shine on forever. Now it's pretty obvious to me that more often than not the batteries fade, and sometimes what you knew even goes out with a bang when you try and call on it, just like a light bulb cracking off when you throw the switch.”

“Sooner or later on this journey, every traveller faces the same question: Are you a human intending to be a god, or a god pretending to be human?”

“Enlightenment is not a goal to be attained, it is a state-of-being to be regained.”

“So this is where all the vapid talk about the 'soul' of the universe is actually headed. Once the hard-won principles of reason and science have been discredited, the world will not pass into the hands of credulous herbivores who keep crystals by their sides and swoon over the poems of Khalil Gibran. The 'vacuum' will be invaded instead by determined fundamentalists of every stripe who already know the truth by means of revelation and who actually seek real and serious power in the here and now. One thinks of the painstaking, cloud-dispelling labor of British scientists from Isaac Newton to Joseph Priestley to Charles Darwin to Ernest Rutherford to Alan Turing and Francis Crick, much of it built upon the shoulders of Galileo and Copernicus, only to see it casually slandered by a moral and intellectual weakling from the usurping House of Hanover. An awful embarrassment awaits the British if they do not declare for a republic based on verifiable laws and principles, both political and scientific.”

“Do not give them a candle to light the way, teach them how to make fire instead. That is the meaning of enlightenment.”

“We seek the fire of the spark that is already within us.”

“Only courageous hearts can endure the bitterness of truth.”

“We do not have to be ashamed of what we are. As sentient beings we have wonderful backgrounds. These backgrounds may not be particularly enlightened or peaceful or intelligent. Nevertheless, we have soil good enough to cultivate; we can plant anything in it.”

“Consciousness is existence itself — one stream, one field, one song. Many currents, many blooms. Endless possibilities, endless joy, endless excitement.”

“On Earth, thought alone is not enough. Spirit may be pure thought, but Earth is the realm of form. Here, things must be done. Dreams that stay in the head wither. Action gives them breath and roots.”

“Permission slips” are the tools, practices, identities, and symbols that give us the sense that we are allowed to grow, heal, or step into a new way of being. All spiritual, religious, and energetic pathways are valid because they are permissions or passes for the individual to align with their higher self.”

“Abundance is the unobstructed movement of life’s energy”

“Gateway to Enlightenment (Sonnet 2025)”

“Enlightenment isn’t a mountain peak. It’s a hallway light left on when you thought you were alone.”

“Know this: When someone talks over you, or interrupts you to say anything- they are not listening, not interested in listening , not interested in what you are saying and do not value what you are saying. Stop talking.”

“The human journey begins in the head and ends in the heart.”

“Knowledge of thyself is the greatest enlightenment.”

“As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music.”

“We think a wise person is someone who solves problems. Truth is, a wise person is someone who avoids problems.”

“There are those who know and those who don't know. And for every ten thousand who don't know there's only one who knows. That's the miracle of all time--the fact that these millions know so much but don't know this.”

“Collaboration has no hierarchy. The Sun collaborates with soil to bring flowers on the earth.”

“Some people would rather be right than free.”

“Dad called it "enlightenment" but to me, it just felt lonely.”

“Wisdom comes alone through suffering.”