Hermann Hesse Quotes
To nobody can you communicate in words and teachings, what happened to you in your hour of enlightenment.
Quotes to Explore
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The Enlightenment view of mankind is a complete myth. It leads us into thinking we're sane and rational creatures most of the time, and we're not.
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In Gnosticism, the physical world did not ultimately matter - which meant physical suffering did not matter either. Seeking 'enlightenment' meant cultivating an attitude of detachment, even indifference.
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The writers of the French enlightenment had deliberately used blasphemy as a weapon, refusing to accept the power of the Church to set limiting points on thought.
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We must recognize our own behavioral errors. To be blunt, you are not likely to become a cognitive Zen master anytime soon. But a little enlightenment could keep you from making some common investing errors.
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Sometimes I attract roles that are necessary either for personal growth or enlightenment.
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God is not anything human. God is a force, God is chaos, God is unknown. God is terror and enlightenment at the same time.
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Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of spirituality. But there have always have been those who'd rather put easier goals, like doctrine conformity, in place.
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Joseph Warren, like a lot of revolutionary leaders, was into Enlightenment literature.
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We are victims of the post-Enlightenment view that the world functions like a sophisticated machine, to be understood like a textbook engineering problem and run by wonks. In other words, like a home appliance, not like the human body.
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We often operate effectively on the physical battleground but not on the psychological battleground. We fail to communicate our resolve.
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Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
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Enlightenment values of individual freedom are manifested best in individual acts of criticism and defiance.
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Fashion, historically, is how people make statements about themselves or communicate.
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If, after obtaining Buddhahood, anyone in my land gets tossed in jail on a vagrancy rap, may I not attain highest perfect enlightenment.
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Elegance is a small price to pay for enlightenment, and I was glad to pay it.
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'What, concretely, is Enlightenment?' 'Seeing Reality as it is,' said the Master. 'Doesn't everyone see Reality as it is?' 'Oh, no! Most people see it as they believe it is.' 'What's the difference?' 'The difference between thinking you are drowning in a stormy sea and knowing you cannot drown because there isn't any water in sight for miles around.'
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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment.
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As a kid, I think people would have described me more as a goofball, or being energetic. But I always loved parodies; I loved spoofing things.
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To change history is very slow. The first two times I came to the States - black people didn't have the right to vote.
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There are a lot of things I cannot do, such as eat books and read chicken.
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To nobody can you communicate in words and teachings, what happened to you in your hour of enlightenment.
