Enlightenment Quotes Quotes

Love has never been conquered, not even by the greatest army.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The loudest preacher in the world is your conscience, the cleverest is wisdom, the rowdiest is passion, the surest is truth, the purest is love, and the highest is God.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The most valuable real estate in the universe is inside your soul.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

There is no gem like virtue, no wealth like happiness, no treasure like faith, and no jewel like love.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The universe offers you three things that money cannot buy: joy, love, and life.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Embrace all. Help some. Trust few. Harm none.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

To live a little, love a little. To live a lot, love a lot.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

As the sun lives on when it sets in the warmth it has given to others, you too will live on in the hearts of those whose lives you have touched.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Nature hides its secrets in wisdom, the universe hides its secrets in love.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Take all men as your brothers, all women as your sisters, and all children as your sons and daughters.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Be like the sun; bear with those in the dark, but keep shining your light.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If all you have is money, you are among the poorest people in the world.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Shine your light at all times, you never know who you are leading out of the dark.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Love treats its enemies better than hate treats its friends.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Self-questioning is the road to personal liberation and spiritual enlightenment. Self-questioning spurs the mind to consider new opportunities to arrive at truth.

~ Kilroy J. Oldster

The first professor you meet in life is your mother; the second is hardship, and the last is death.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Knowing what to say is sense, when to say it is intelligence, how to say it is wisdom, why and how to say it is enlightenment.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Esteem intelligence, cherish knowledge, and value understanding, but trust wisdom.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Intelligence tells you where to look, wisdom tells you what to see.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Be humble as you learn, confident as you teach, and modest when you have mastered both.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Knowledge is the eldest daughter of wisdom.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Teach the ignorant. Study the wise. Avoid the foolish. Embrace the enlightened.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Your mind shines brightest when you enlighten others; your heart, when you encourage others; your soul, when you elevate others; and your life, when you empower others.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

You may be poor, but important; uneducated, but wise; lowly, but noble; simple, but insightful; and ordinary, but great.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Knowledge gives you the world, intelligence gives you the sky, understanding gives you the stars, but wisdom gives you the universe.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

In helping yourself, you prove you are strong; in helping others, you prove you are compassionate; in helping many, you prove you are generous; if helping everyone, you prove you are enlightened.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Teach yourself. Help yourself. Improve yourself. Enrich yourself.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The sun is intelligent because it never rises too early, and wise because it never sets too late.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If there is wisdom in your mind, prove it; joy in your heart, share it; love in your soul, show it; good in your life, impart it.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Faith moves mountains, intelligence goes over them, wisdom goes around them, but love levels them.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The most beautiful people are those who bring out the beauty in others.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Your clock cannot buy you more time, your bed cannot get you more sleep, your titles cannot acquire you more influence, your fame cannot gain you more honor, and your money cannot earn you more happiness.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you have the power to think, you have the power to change your world.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Knowledge is the path, understanding is the way, wisdom is the highway, and enlightenment is the destination.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The cleanest feet in the universe are positive thoughts walking through your mind.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The most difficult door to open is the entrance to an ignorant mind.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

If you have power, be just; wealth, be generous; knowledge, be wise; titles, be humble; and life, be grateful.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

Books are a stairway to knowledge, experience is a highway to understanding, together they are an elevator to enlightenment.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

When perplexed, God appears to you in the form of wisdom; when troubled, in the form of peace; when sad, in the form of joy; when heartbroken, in the form of love.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo

The ignorant learn from none, the simple learn from some, the intelligent learn from many, but the enlightened learn from all.

~ Matshona Dhliwayo