(133 quotes found)
“From the Dharma should one see the Buddhas, From the dharma-bodies come their guidance. Yet dharma's true nature cannot be discerned and no one can be conscious of it as an object”
Buddha
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?' Actually, who are you not to be?”
Maryanne Williamson
“To 'get' something of phenomenal existence we need to truly give ourselves to love... in its expansion, totality and mystery of the moment.”
Tony Samara
“I am touched by wisdom that appears from a pure and peaceful mind, and the depth of love that appears from this wisdom…”
“Today, it is very easy to find light, sun on daylight, lamps on night. Let us enlighten ourselves with knowledge and virtue, because there will be time when there won't be any light surrounding us, except light from the enlightened.”
Toba Beta
“Humanity fears what they don't understand. They first try and destroy what they don't understand with violence or denial. Then they try and control it through slavery, imprisonment, exile, laws, bigotry, or misinformation. Then they finally try to understand it though science, education, observation, communication. This pattern repeats throughout history and in the modern day on almost every subject. It is not until we learn to invert the sequence that we start to become enlightened.”
Greg Johnson
“Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to Truth as a lamp; hold fast to the truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone beside yourselves. And those, who shall be a lamp unto themselves, shall betake themselves to no external refuge, but holding fast to the Truth as their lamp, and holding fast to the Truth as their refuge, they shall reach the topmost height.”
“When you connect with yourself you will find the existence of your higher-self. It will be then that you will find perfection in all that is imperfect, including yourself. Only then can you preach words of wisdom and provide, with love, appreciation for everything.”
Tyler J. Hebert
“It is a combination of enlightened policy and some tax incentives. There are significant sections of this bill that promote education and research.”
Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney
“Everything you are now is the raw material needed to produce the result of the fully awakened state.”
Domo Geshe