“What the enlightened person sees no one could ever tell or describe. Wonder beyond belief. We live in a universe filled with wonder. It is wonder just to live.” PersonsUniverseBeliefWonderEnlightenmentFilledEnlightened Author:Frederick Lenz
“The truth is that the whole system of beliefs which comes in with the story of the fall of man ... is gently falling out of enlightened human intelligence.” MenHumansWholeStoriesFallBeliefAtheismTruth IsPositive AtheismEnlightenedHuman IntelligenceFall Of Man Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
“As I have already said, the belief that one's own view of reality is the only reality is the most dangerous or all delusions. It becomes still more dangerous if it is coupled with the missionary zeal to enlighten the rest of the world, whether the rest of the world wishes to be enlightened or not. To refuse to embrace wholeheartedly a particular definition of reality, to dare to see the world differently can become a "think crime" in a truly Orwellian sense as we get steadily closer to 1984.” IfsThinkingWorldSaidStillsRealityBeliefWishViewsAtheismDangerousCrimeParticularEmbraceDefinitionsDareRefuseEnlightenedDelusionMissionaryEnlighteningZealWholeheartedlyOrwellianMissionary Zeal Book:How real is real?: Confusion, disinformation, communication Source: How real is real?: Confusion, disinformation, communication
“People are given a false alternative: the choice between an unenlightened belief and an enlightened unbelief. Most intellectuals seem to pay homage to the second variant.” PeopleSeemsChoicesBeliefGivenPayAlternativesEnlightenedHomageUnbelief Author:Eugen Drewermann
“I think the most harmful belief passed on to me - not always directly - was the belief that whatever I did as a Negro, however much we Negroes achieved, despite the presence of some enlightened whites, white society as a whole enjoyed being racists in the secret core of their being and would never, ever give that up.” ThinkingGivingWholeBeliefWhiteSecretCoreDespiteEnjoyedEnlightenedRacist Author:Margo Jefferson
“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.” BelieveBookWisdomFoundBeliefReligiousTeacherWrittenHeardBuddhismWords Of WisdomAuthorityEnlightenmentAtheistBuddhistEnlightenedEldersRumorSpoken WordKnowledge WisdomSiddharthaTrust No OneWise BuddhistPower Of BeliefReal BuddhistInspirational BuddhistDon't Trust AnyoneNever Trust AnyoneAccepting ThingsQuestioning EverythingReligious BooksPineal Gland Author:Gautama Buddha