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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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"Wisdom is a great prophet, faith is a great warrior, knowledge is a great sage, and virtue is a great priest."
"You have a light in your heart and that is your love, it can shine like a sun to enlighten the whole world."
"What is enlightenment? In the Korean tradition of Tao, it is known a Mu-Ah (Mu means "No or "Nothing and Ah means "Me). It is no-me-ness, or egoless-ness. It means realizing the true, unchanging nature of the person you happen to be."
"It is time for us to open our eyes. It is time for us to awaken to new possibilities and make them real. It is time for us to awaken our dormant spirituality-first as individuals, then as whole nations, and finally as the whole of humanity-and raise up our collective consciousness.-Healing Society: A Prescription for Global Enlightenment."
"If one comes to fundamentals then this is the most fundamental thing: the moment you are not, enlightenment is. With emptiness, the matter is settled."
"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."
"God created sages because He wanted to leave the light on in the universe."
"The mind is the ultimate hallway to the world, the soul is the ultimate stairway to the universe."
"Enlightenment is the key to empowerment."
"There is a perennial classical question that asks which part of the motorcycle, which grain of sand in which pile, is the Buddha. Obviously to ask that question is to look in the wrong direction, for the Buddha is everywhere. But just as obviously to ask the question is to look in the right direction, for the Buddha is everwhere."
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"When you can have anything you want by uttering a few words, the goal matters not, only the journey to it."
"If I have become my father, then I shall have my father's blade. Thorn is my dragon, and a thorn he shall be to all enemies. It is only right, then, that I should wield the sword, misery. Misery and Thorn, a fit match. Besides, Zar'roc should have gone to Morzan's eldest son, not his youngest. It is mine by right of birth." A cold pit formed in Eragon's stomach. It can't be. A cruel smile appeared on Murtagh's face. "I never told you my mother's name, did I? And you never told my yours. I'll say it now: Selena."
"He is a man who kicks at cats, said Solembum, as if that summed up Tenga's entire character."
"As far as I am concerned, philosophic questioning is just as likely to make you confused and depressed as it is to improve your condition."
"To help you fill in the details of the world you are creating, imagine that your characters inhabit a real world. Daydream what it would be like to be there. What would your characters eat, what would they talk about, where would they get their supplies, etc. Keep asking the question, "What happens next? Show your characters actions and write down their thoughts."
"The worth is in the act. Your worth halts when you surrender your will to change and experience life. But options are before you, choose one and dedicate yourself to it. The deeds will give you a new hope and purpose."
"Finding one's place in the world is never easy.Have courage and be true to who you are.Remember, those who dare to be different areOften the ones who change the world."
"The sea is emotion incarnate. It loves, hates, and weeps. It defies all attempts to capture it with words and rejects all shackles. No matter what you say about it, there is always that which you can't."
"I cannot pretend that I regard this with favor, but the purpose of life is not what we want but what needs to be done."
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