Awake Quotes - Page 26

• The man who only loves beautiful things is dreaming, whereas the man who knows absolute beauty is wide awake.

  Bertrand Russell

  Beautiful, Dream, Love Is

  Bertrand Russell (2013). “History of Western Philosophy: Collectors Edition”, p.107, Routledge

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• Contemplation is life itself, fully awake, fully active, and fully aware that it is alive. It is spiritual wonder. It is spontaneous awe at the sacredness of life, of being. It is gratitude for life, for awareness, and for being. It is a vivid realization of the fact that life and being in us proceed from an invisible, transcendent, and infinitely abundant Source.

  Thomas Merton

  Spiritual, Gratitude, Realization

  Thomas Merton (2007). “New Seeds of Contemplation”, p.1, New Directions Publishing

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• Our wisdom is all mixed up with what we call our neurosis. Our brilliance, our juiciness, our spiciness, is all mixed up with our craziness and our confusion, and therefore it doesn’t do any good to try to get rid of our so-called negative aspects, because in that process we also get rid of our basic wonderfulness. We can lead our life so as to become more awake to who we are and what we’re doing rather than trying to improve or change or get rid of who we are or what we’re doing. The key is to wake up, to become more alert, more inquisitive and curious about ourselves.

  Pema Chodron

  Keys, Confusion, Trying

  Pema Chodron (2001). “The Wisdom of No Escape: And the Path of Loving Kindness”, p.6, Shambhala Publications

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• Awakening and owning the dreams that God has placed in our hearts isn't about getting stuff or attaining something. It's about embracing who we are and who he has created us to be. In him. He is our dream come true, and the one true love of our life. But we can't love him with our whole hearts when our hearts are asleep. To love Jesus means to risk coming awake, to risk wanting and desiring.

  Stasi Eldredge

  Dream, Jesus, Heart

  Stasi Eldredge (2016). “Beautiful Now: 90 Days of Experiencing God's Dreams for You”, p.70, David C Cook

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• Justice requires lawyers who are prepared, witnesses who tell the truth, judges who know the law, and jurors who stay awake. Justice is the North Star, the burning bush, the holy virgin. It cannot be bought, sold, or mass produced. It is intangible, ineffable, and invisible, but if you are to spend your life in its pursuit, it is best to believe it exists, and that you can attain it.

  Paul Levine

  Stars, Believe, Law

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• Every time I meet a tree, if I am truly awake, I stand in awe before it. I listen to its voice, a silent sermon moving me to the depths, touching my heart, and stirring up within my soul a yearning to give my all.

  Mary Webb

  Moving, Heart, Voice

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• To taste fully is to live fully. And to live fully is to be awake and responsive to complexities and truths - good and terrible, overwhelming and miniscule. To eat passionately is to allow the world in; there can be no hiding or sublimation when you're chewing a mouthful of food so good it makes you swoon.

  Kate Christensen

  World, Taste, Hiding

  "Blue Plate Special: An Autobiography of My Appetites". Book by Kate Christensen, www.npr.org. July 9, 2013.

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• If we can stay awake when our lives are changing, secrets will be revealed to us-secrets about ourselves, about the nature of life, and about the eternal source of happiness and peace that is always available, always renewable, already within us.

  Elizabeth Lesser

  Happiness, Peace, Secret

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• I pray that each one of us stays awake as we fall. I pray that we choose to go into the abyss willingly and that our fall is cushioned by faith--faith that at the bottom we will be caught and taught and turned toward the light. I pray that we don't waste precious energy feeling ashamed of our mistakes, or embarrassed by our flaws. After years of teaching, I know only a few things for sure. One of them is this: We are chunks of dense matter that need to be cracked open. Our errors and failings are chinks in the heart's armor through which our true colors can shine.

  Elizabeth Lesser

  Mistake, Teaching, Fall

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• If we cannot remain present during sleep, if we lose ourselves every night, what chance do we have to be aware when death comes? If we enter our dreams and interact with the mind's images as if they are real, we should not expect to be free in the state after death. Look to your experience in dreams to know how you will fare in death. Look to your experience of sleep to discover whether or not you are truly awake.

  Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

  Dream, Real, Sleep

  Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, Mark Dahlby (2004). “The Tibetan Yogas of Dream and Sleep”, p.17, Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

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• I'm amazed to form part of this amazing universe and I'm proud of the hunger that keeps me awake. Because when man is full he falls asleep.

  Facundo Cabral

  Fall, Men, Proud

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• Change of state is not the point; recognizing the Changeless is the point, recognizing primordial Emptiness is the point, and if you are breathing and vaguely awake, that state of consciousness will do just fine.

  Ken Wilber

  Breathing, Emptiness, Consciousness

  Ken Wilber (2004). “The Simple Feeling of Being: Visionary, Spiritual, and Poetic Writings”, p.244, Shambhala Publications

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• We are always imagining something, It is practically impossible to be awake without imagining something. Then why not imagine something at all times that will inspire the powers within us to do greater and greater things?

  Christian D. Larson

  Inspire, Why Not, Impossible

  Christian D. Larson (2012). “The Optimist Creed”, p.397, Penguin

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• Love makes no distinction between man and man, between an Aryan and a Mlechchha, between a Brâhmana and a Pariah, nor even between a man and a woman. Love makes the whole universe as one's own home. True progress is slow but sure. Work among those young men who can devote heart and soul to this one duty - the duty of raising the masses of India. Awake them, unite them, and inspire them with this spirit of renunciation; it depends wholly on the young people of India.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Home, Heart, Men

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• Awake, awake, English nobility! Let not sloth dim your horrors new-begot.

  William Shakespeare

  Sloth, Horror, Nobility

  William Shakespeare (2014). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Deluxe Annotated: Suitable for Home Reading, Academic Study, and Dramatic Productions”, p.1906, BookBaby

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• It was lucky that the linesman wasn't stood in front of me as I would have poked him with a stick to make sure he was awake.

  Ian Holloway

  Football, League, Lucky

  "Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson v Blackpool's Ian Holloway: Who is the king of quotes?". www.goal.com. January 25, 2011.

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• Having, and seeing, your dreams is very important, and so is chasing those dreams. You see dreams when you sleep, and as you chase your dreams, it keeps you awake. So it's important to stay awake.

  Sachin Tendulkar

  Life, Success, Dream

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• We are using the neurons, our identity, to constantly maintain our identity. Whether you are awake, asleep, or dreaming, this process is carried on. But, it is wearing you out.That is why I say the tragedy that is facing mankind is not AIDS or cancer, but Alzthiemer's disease.

  U.G. Krishnamurti

  Dream, Cancer, Tragedy

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• In this state of inner connectedness, you are much more alert, more awake than in the mind-identified state. You are fully present. It also raises the vibrational frequency of the energy field that give life to the physical body.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Giving, Mind, Energy

  Eckhart Tolle (2001). “Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from the Power of Now”, p.20, New World Library

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• It's the beginning of your day. You awake and look around you, feeling perhaps a joyful expectation, or perhaps an awful dread. No matter which, remember this: God loves you with an infinite love.

  Marianne Williamson

  God, Love You, Expectations

  Marianne Williamson (2004). “Everyday Grace: Having Hope, Finding Forgiveness, and Making Miracles”, p.59, Penguin

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• You are good when you are fully awake in your speech, Yet you are not evil when you sleep while your tongue staggers without purpose. And even stumbling speech may strengthen a weak tongue.

  Khalil Gibran

  Sleep, Evil, Purpose

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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• Being here all day, I was quite exhausted - I had to drink coffee before the match to stay awake

  Jelena Jankovic

  Coffee, Exhausted, Drink

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• It's hard to act in the morning. The muse isn't even awake.

  Keanu Reeves

  Morning, Acting, Muse

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• But all the time our warmth and brilliance are right here. This is who we really are. We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake.

  Pema Chodron

  Eye, Awareness, Blink

  Pema Chodron (2008). “The Pocket Pema Chodron”, p.3, Shambhala Publications

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• The truest experience of life is when we dream awake.

  Alberto Villoldo

  Dream, Life Is, Truest

  FaceBook post by Alberto Villoldo from Mar 29, 2016

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