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“Liberals have a set of folk theories that are fallacious. One of them comes from the Enlightenment, and the assumption is that you are supposed to be logical. They assume all you have to do is tell people the facts and they will reason to the right conclusion. This is utterly ridiculous. Thought is mainly metaphorical. The frames trump all the facts.”

People Reason Facts Political Theory Trump Enlightenment Assuming Folks Ridiculous Conclusion Supposed To Be Assumption Logical Metaphorical

Author:George Lakoff

“People say that practicing Zen is difficult, but there is a misunderstanding as to why. It is not difficult because it is hard to sit in the cross- legged position, or to attain enlightenment. It is difficult because it is hard to keep our mind pure and our practice pure in its fundamental sense.”

People Mind Hard Difficult Practice Position Pure Enlightenment Crosses Fundamentals Misunderstanding

Book:Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

Source: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

“People imagine enlightenment will make them incredibly powerful. And it does. It makes you the most powerful being in all the universe- but usually no one else notices.”

People Doe Universe Powerful Imagine Enlightenment Most Powerful

Book:Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality

Source: Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies and the Truth About Reality

“The progress of human enlightenment can go no further than in picturing people not as vicious, but as mistaken.”

People Humans Progress Enlightenment Mistaken Vicious

Author:Kenneth Burke

“People mistakenly think that art is about nature, or about an artists feelings about nature. It is instead a path of enlightenment and pleasure, one of many paths, where nature and the artists feelings are merely raw material.”

People Thinking Art Feelings Artist Pleasure Path Materials Enlightenment Art Is Raw Materials Many Paths

Author:Wolf Kahn

“To know people is wisdom, but to know yourself is enlightenment. to master people takes force, but to master yourself takes strength. to know contentment is wealth, and to live with strength resolve. to never leave whatever you are is to abide, and to die without getting lost- that is to live on and on.”

People Knows Dies Lost Force Wealth Masters Words Of Wisdom Enlightenment Contentment Resolve Know Yourself Getting Lost

Author:Laozi

“Relationships are part of a vast plan for our enlightenment, the Holy Spirit's blueprint by which each individual soul is led to greater awareness and expanded love. Relationships are the Holy Spirit's laboratories in which he brings together people who have the maximal opportunity for mutual growth.”

Source: A return to love: reflections on the principles of

“People only see what they are prepared to see.”

People Inspirational Spiritual Change Attitude Vision Seeing Acceptance Positive Thinking Perception Enlightenment Prepared Be Prepared Valuable Things Spiritual Vision

Book:Emerson in His Journals

Source: Emerson in His Journals

“As soon as the mouth is opened, evils spring forth. People either neglect the root and speak of the branches, or neglect the reality of the 'illusory' world and speak only of Enlightenment. Or else they chatter of cosmic activities leading to transformations, while neglecting the Substance from which they spring--indeed, there is NEVER any profit in discussion.”

People World Mind Reality Evil Speak Activity Spring Enlightenment Mouths Roots Transformation Profit Substance Discussion Branches Neglect Cosmic Illusory Chatter

Author:Huangbo Xiyun

“The practice is enlightenment. Some people find this idea not to their liking. They want to get enlightenment in a flash. This way they become attached to something that doesn't exist. Enlightenment isn't a thing you get.”

People Way Want Ideas Practice Enlightenment Flash

Author:Tim Ward

“Some people simply aren’t interested in being the person they are called to be or the person they signed up to be.”

People Fear Roles Doubt Enlightenment Disappointment Betrayal Deception Inadequate Imposter

Author:VaeEshia Ratcliff-Davisff