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Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.

~A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Topics: Education Endless Enlightenment Journey Knowledge Pursuit Real Real Sense Sense Through Truth Ultimately

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Once you get to the Enlightenment, the way that powers get to be hyperpowers isn't just by conquest. It's through commerce and innovation. Societies like the Dutch Republic and the United States used tolerance to become a magnet for enterprising immigrants.

~Amy Chua

Topics: Become Commerce Conquest Dutch Enlightenment Get Immigrants Innovation Just Like Magnet Once Powers Republic Societies States Through Tolerance United United States Used Way You

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Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. When there is no sharing of power, no rule of law, no accountability, there is abuse, corruption, subjugation and indignation.

~Atifete Jahjaga

Topics: Abuse Accountability Built Corruption Debate Democracy Enlightenment Indignation Information Law Must Open Power Rule Rule Of Law Share Sharing Societies Solutions Through

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We who don't want radical Islam to spread must compete with the agents of radical Islam. I want to see what would happen if Christians, feminists and Enlightenment thinkers were to start proselytizing in the Muslim community.

~Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Topics: Agents Christians Community Compete Enlightenment Feminists Happen Islam Muslim Must Radical See Spread Start Thinkers Want Were Who Would

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We must recognize our own behavioral errors. To be blunt, you are not likely to become a cognitive Zen master anytime soon. But a little enlightenment could keep you from making some common investing errors.

~Barry Ritholtz

Topics: Anytime Become Behavioral Blunt Cognitive Common Could Enlightenment Errors Investing Keep Likely Little Making Master Must Our Own Recognize Some Soon You Zen

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Many spiritual teachers - in Buddhism, in Islam - have talked about first-hand experience of the world as an important part of the path to wisdom, to enlightenment.

~Bell Hooks

Topics: About Buddhism Enlightenment Experience Important Important Part Islam Many Part Path Spiritual Talked Teachers Wisdom World

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Our world is limited by the machinery we carry. It's very different to the 18th and 19th century Enlightenment scientists who were mostly men of God and thought it was their quest to uncover God's great plan.

~Bernard Beckett

Topics: Carry Century Different Enlightenment God Great Limited Machinery Men Mostly Our Our World Plan Quest Scientists Thought Uncover Very Were Who World 19Th Century

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Ignorance has always been the weapon of tyrants; enlightenment the salvation of the free.

~Bill Richardson

Topics: Always Been Enlightenment Free Ignorance Salvation Tyrants Weapon

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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.

~Bodhidharma

Topics: Creating Delusions Enlightenment

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And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment.

~Bodhidharma

Topics: Attain Birth Death Enlightenment Long Never Subject You

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