At the same time, we may not as a culture be fond of old-fashioned supernaturalism, but we certainly like spirituality in whatever form we can get it. I suspect that if anyone other than Jesus (Krishna, say, or Buddha) were suddenly put forward as being due for a second coming, millions in our postsecular society would embrace such a thing uncritically, leaving Enlightenment rationalism huffing and puffing in the rear. We are a puzzled and confused generation, embracing any and every kind of nonrationalism that may offer us a spiritual shot in the arm while lapsing back into rationalism (in particular, the old modernist critiques) whenever we want to keep traditional or orthodox Christianity at bay.

N.T. Wright

Stichwörter: jesus spirituality enlightenment new-age



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Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed nonage. Nonage is the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance. This nonage is self-imposed if its cause lies not in lack of understanding but in indecision and lack of courage to use one's own mind without another's guidance. Dare to know! (Sapere aude.) "Have the courage to use your own understanding," is therefore the motto of the enlightenment.

Immanuel Kant

Stichwörter: enlightenment



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He, the One, the bringer of all to enlightenment, had an earthy name.

His name was Jimmy.

Teresa Lo

Stichwörter: delusions enlightenment hallucinations drug-use



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Only through Absolution will you reach the Absolute.

Toni Elizabeth Sar'h Petrinovich

Stichwörter: love religion forgiveness spirituality metaphysics absolution enlightenment god-s-grace



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Poetic justice, with her lifted scale,
Where, in nice balance, truth with gold she weighs,
And solid pudding against empty praise.
Here she beholds the chaos dark and deep,
Where nameless somethings in their causes sleep,
Till genial Jacob, or a warm third day,
Call forth each mass, a poem, or a play:
How hints, like spawn, scarce quick in embryo lie,
How new-born nonsense first is taught to cry.

Alexander Pope

Stichwörter: politics satire corruption enlightenment authorship augustan



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You can't expect anyone to trust revelation if he hasn't experienced it himself. Those who haven't only know reason. And since revelation is a thing apart, and cannot be accounted for reasonably, they never will believe you. This is the great division of the world and always has been. When reason and revelation run together, why, then you have something great, a great age.

Mark Helprin

Stichwörter: wisdom knowledge spiritual enlightenment solace numinous seek-and-you-shall-find



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While pensive poets painful vigils keep,
Sleepless themselves, to give their readers sleep.

Alexander Pope

Stichwörter: poetry satire depression enlightenment



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You are a victim only when you have decided to play the part.

Gary Hopkins

Stichwörter: inspirational honesty choice god spirituality victim enlightenment oneness spiritual-growth energy-healing holy-spirit higher-self



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Science has marched forward. But civilization’s values remain rooted in philosophies, religious traditions, and ethical frameworks devised many centuries ago. Even our economic system, capitalism, is half a millennium old. The first stock exchange opened in 1602 in Amsterdam. By 1637, tulip mania had caused the first speculation bubble and crash. And not a lot has changed. Virtually every business stills uses the double-entry bookkeeping and accounting adopted in thirteenth –century Venice. So our daily dealings are still heavily influenced by ideas that were firmly set before anyone knew the world was round. In many ways, they reflect how we understood the world when we didn’t understand the world at all.

Carl Safina

Stichwörter: progress history philosophy enlightenment



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Life is like a sandwich!

Birth as one slice,
and death as the other.
What you put in-between
the slices is up to you.

Is your sandwich tasty or sour?
Allan Rufus.org

Allan Rufus

Stichwörter: wisdom love knowledge self-esteem soul power-of-words mind self-help-book knowledge-teaching suicide personal-growth spirit quote soul-searching depression self-improvement knowing spiritualism positive-thoughts enlightenment anxiety personal-development sacred power-of-thoughts teachings positive-thinking positive-attitude spiritual-growth knowledge-education unconditional-love spiritual-wisdom master power-of-love know-thyself unconditional-acceptance sage mastery positive-motivation spiritual-development mind-body-spirit suicidal-thoughts positive-mindset positive-outlook sacred-teachings wise-man self-improvement-book knowing-oneself masters sage-advice knowledge-of-self positive-quotes art-of-living mind-power master-of-love art-of-dying hang-man master-key powerful-story sacred-wisdom



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