Mooji
Spiritual Teacher
"The greatest healing would be to wake up from what we are not."
Wake Up quotes
Wake Up
797 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
DJ Khaled
Music Producer
"When I wake up, I immediately pray. When I go to sleep, I pray. Honestly, a prayer every second, in every breath. I suggest the whole world to do it. Prayer is amazing."
Keanu Reeves
Actor, Producer
"You have to change your life if you’re not happy, and wake up if things aren’t going the way you want."
James Thurber
Cartoonist, Author
"I used to wake up at 4 A.M. and start sneezing, sometimes for five hours. I tried to find out what sort of allergy I had but finally came to the conclusion that it must be an allergy to consciousness."
Tom Hanks
Actor, Producer
"We are still in the position of waking up and having a choice. Do I make the world better today somehow, or do I not bother?"
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"Some people know they are dreaming when they are asleep. You must also know you are dreaming when you wake-up. When you know you are dreaming when you wake up, then you are really waking up"
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"Of the Logos which is as I describe it men always prove to be uncomprehending, both before they have heard it and when once they have heard it. For although all things happen according to this Logos, they [men] are like people of no experience, even when they experience such words and deeds as I explain, when I distinguish each thing according to its constitution and declare how it is; but the rest of men fail to notice what they do after they wake up just as they forget what they do when asleep."
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"In waking a tiger, use a long stick."
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"I do squats until I fall over and pass out. So what? It’s not going to kill me. I wake up five minutes later and I’m OK"
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"I just enjoy life now. I just enjoy every morning I get to wake up."
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"Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one's life."
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"A good night's sleep is always the best way to wake up and go to work."
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"I have to wake up and drink chamomile tea to slow down."
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"We cannot accept the world as it is. Each day we should wake up foaming at the mouth because of the injustice of things."
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"Beyond living and dreaming there is something more important: waking up."
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"Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare."
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"I know you can dream your way through an otherwise fine life, and never wake up, which is what I almost did."
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""Things have a life of their own," the gypsy proclaimed with a harsh accent. "It's simply a matter of waking up their souls.""
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"Something magical has happened to me: like a dream when one feels frightened and creepy, and suddenly wakes up to the knowledge that no such terrors exist. I have wakened up."
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"Whether or not you can never become great at something, you can always become better at it. Don't ever forget that! And don’t say “I’ll never be good”. You can become better! and one day you’ll wake up and you’ll find out how good you actually became."
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"I feel as if I'm always on the verge of waking up."
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"You have to wake up every day ready to start again."
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"When ordinary people wake up, elites begin to tremble in their boots."
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"Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world."
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"Wake up and realize this is all made up of thoughts, just thoughts. Your appreciation of beauty is a thought; your aversion to an object that is ugly is a thought. Your craving or aversion is nothing but a passing thought in the mind. Realize this is just a thought and you will be free."
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