“Collective guilt is borne by what is conventionally called the scapegoat. Now the scapegoat for white society - which is based on myths of progress, civilization, liberalism, education, enlightenment, refinement - will be precisely the force that opposes the expansion and the triumph of these myths. This brutal opposing force is supplied by the Negro.” ForceWhiteProgressCivilizationEnlightenmentGuiltMythTriumphLiberalismCollectivesBrutalExpansionOpposingRefinementScapegoat Book:Black Skin, White Masks Source: Black Skin, White Masks
“People who ponder too much about the subject of enlightenment don't progress very fast. It is interesting to know it's there, but you can't know what it's like until you get there.” PeopleKnowsInterestingToo MuchProgressSubjectsEnlightenmentPondering Author:Frederick Lenz
“Self-discover is not as someone would have us think, a heavy, awesome, moral process where everyone sits around and frowns. As you progress towards enlightenment, you become funny.” ThinkingSelfProcessMoralProgressEnlightenmentHeavy Author:Frederick Lenz
“As you progress towards enlightenment you will find that you become a winner at anything, not because you are so concerned about winning anymore. You are just concerned about the pursuit of excellence.” SuccessWinningCareersProgressBuddhismEnlightenmentConcernedExcellencePursuitWinnerPursuit Of Excellence Author:Frederick Lenz
“The objective tendency of the Enlightenment, to wipe out the power of images over man, is not matched by any subjective progress on the part of enlightened thinking towards freedom from images.” ThinkingMenProgressEnlightenmentObjectivesTendenciesEnlightenedSubjectiveWipeMatched Author:Theodor Adorno
“Technology isn't fulfilling its promise of unlimited progress and solving every problem through technology. With the Enlightenment and its aftermath, there already was a general loss of confidence in the Western religions.” ProblemLossTechnologyProgressPromiseEnlightenmentWesternFulfillingUnlimitedAftermath Author:Thomas Keating
“Historically, the idea that you take something novel and you break it has been seen as the ultimate rejection of Enlightenment values, of progress, of civilization - because how could you possibly move forward if you break technology? I think that that misses the point, that if you introduce any kind of technology, what you're introducing is a new way of living and the consequences of that new way of living for people who were enmeshed in a different way of living need to be thought through.” PeopleThinkingKindDifferentMovingValuesBreakTechnologyNovelProgressMissingEnlightenmentConsequenceUltimateMoving ForwardRejectionIntroducing Author:Sheila Jasanoff