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enlighten

«When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.»
«A dramatic experience concerned with the mundane may inform but it cannot release; and one concerned essentially with the aesthetic politics of its creators may divert or anger, but it cannot enlighten.»
«Astrology, or when the stars enlighten illuminated who dazzle a bunch of lunatics.»
«O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.»
«Because not even the least dharma is there found or got at. Therefore is it called `utmost, right and perfect enlightenment'. Self-identical is that dharma and nothing is therein at variance. Therefore is it called `utmost, right and perfect enlighten»
«Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.»
«True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten oneself and others»