"A person must earn enlightenment, Eragon. It is not handed down to you by others, regardless of how revered they be."

Enlightenment, Wisdom, Effort, Humility

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"A person must earn enlightenment, Eragon. It is not handed down to you by others, regardless of how revered they be."

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"There are no crash courses on 'enlightenment', you only crash in a course like that."

Harrish Sairaman, Indian Author

Enlightenment, Patience, Illusion, Process

"An enlightened man had but one duty - to seek the way to himself, to reach inner certainty, to grope his way forward, no matter where it led."

Hermann Hesse, German Novelist

Enlightenment, Self, Way, Certainty

"The Knower of the Soul is considered Self Realized (The Enlightened one). The knower of all the eternal elements is known as Omniscient (sarvagna)."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Enlightenment, Wisdom, Spiritual, Truth, Power

"To attain to enlightenment is to attain to all. When you are not, you become the whole."

Swami Dhyan Giten, Swedish Spiritual Leader

Enlightenment, Being, Unity, Awareness

"He who is fortunately enlightened [the Sufi]Knows that sophistry is from the devil and love from Adam."

Idries Shah, Indian Author

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"We need enlightenment, not just individually but collectively, to save the planet. We need to awaken ourselves. We need to practice mindfulness if we want to have a future, if we want to save ourselves and the planet."

Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Poet

Enlightenment, Future, Mindfulness, Awareness

"You're not to achieve anything, on the contrary you are to drop whatever you have accumulated over ages and its difficult mind you, not that its part of you, but YOU have owned this mental clutter unconsciously. The moment you unburden yourself, for the first time YOU ARE!, never before."

Ramana Pemmaraju, Indian Physician

Enlightenment, Mind, Freedom, Awareness, Identity

"Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom."

Buddha, Indian Leader

Enlightenment, Determination, Discipline, Spiritual, Wisdom

"How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us and yet not remember how often we have recounted it to the same person?"

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Enlightenment, Memory, Repetition, Behavior, Awareness

"Despite an ever increasing diversity when it comes to yoga brands, there are only four major paths in yoga and they have the same end goal; enlightenment. The end goal can be likened to the top of a pyramid. Even though people may start climbing the pyramid from different sides, at the end they will reach the same goal and thusly achieve unity."

Gudjon Bergmann, Icelandic Author

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"If we are to tempt fate, then let us not be cowards about it."

Fate

"Fate has a cruel sense of humor, don't you think?"

Fate

"No matter how careful we are, if we live long enough, eventually one of us will die. It is not a happy thought, but it is the truth. Such is the way of the world."

Mortality

"We will carry your message. May your swords stay sharp," said Brom."And yours."

Honor

"Only men would think of cutting themselves to determine who the packleader is. Idiots."

Masculinity

"A faint tickling on the back of his right hand caused Eragon to look down. A huge, wingless cricket clung to his glove. The insect was hideous: black and bulbous, with barbed legs and a massive skull-like head. Its carapace gleamed like oil."

Nature

"In El-harAm, there lived a man, a man with yellow eyes.To me, he said, "Beware the whispers, for they whisper lies.Do not wrestle with the demons of the dark,Else upon your mind they'll place a mark;Do not listen to the shadows of the deep,Else they haunt you even when you sleep."

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"There are no crash courses on 'enlightenment', you only crash in a course like that."

"An enlightened man had but one duty - to seek the way to himself, to reach inner certainty, to grope his way forward, no matter where it led."

"The Knower of the Soul is considered Self Realized (The Enlightened one). The knower of all the eternal elements is known as Omniscient (sarvagna)."

"To attain to enlightenment is to attain to all. When you are not, you become the whole."

"He who is fortunately enlightened [the Sufi]Knows that sophistry is from the devil and love from Adam."

"We need enlightenment, not just individually but collectively, to save the planet. We need to awaken ourselves. We need to practice mindfulness if we want to have a future, if we want to save ourselves and the planet."

"You're not to achieve anything, on the contrary you are to drop whatever you have accumulated over ages and its difficult mind you, not that its part of you, but YOU have owned this mental clutter unconsciously. The moment you unburden yourself, for the first time YOU ARE!, never before."

"Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom."

"How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us and yet not remember how often we have recounted it to the same person?"

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"If we are to tempt fate, then let us not be cowards about it."

"Fate has a cruel sense of humor, don't you think?"

"No matter how careful we are, if we live long enough, eventually one of us will die. It is not a happy thought, but it is the truth. Such is the way of the world."

"We will carry your message. May your swords stay sharp," said Brom."And yours."

"Only men would think of cutting themselves to determine who the packleader is. Idiots."

"If any honor existed in war, it was in fighting to protect others from harm."

"Magic is the art of thinking, not strength or language."

"Power without moral direction is the most dangerous force in the world."

"A faint tickling on the back of his right hand caused Eragon to look down. A huge, wingless cricket clung to his glove. The insect was hideous: black and bulbous, with barbed legs and a massive skull-like head. Its carapace gleamed like oil."

"In El-harAm, there lived a man, a man with yellow eyes.To me, he said, "Beware the whispers, for they whisper lies.Do not wrestle with the demons of the dark,Else upon your mind they'll place a mark;Do not listen to the shadows of the deep,Else they haunt you even when you sleep."