Wakefulness Quotes

28 quotes by 22 authors

Wakefulness is the only saintliness there is, and sleepiness, unconsciousness, is the only sin there is; all other sins are born out of it. Cut… — Rajneesh
Awake asleep ought to be with us - So he may see dreams in wakefulness. — Rumi
Everything counts for gain when we are cosmically awake. Nothing counts, unless we are awake. No enjoyments last, no successes satisfy, no gains have meaning… — Henry David Thoreau
Wakefulness is the way to life. The fool sleeps As if he were already dead, But the master is awake And he lives forever. — Gautama Buddha
The visual impact of the stupa on the observer brings a direct experience of inherent wakefulness and dignity. Stupas continue to be built because of… — Chogyam Trungpa
Though we seem to be sleeping, there is an inner wakefulness that directs the dream, and will eventually startle us back to the truth of… — Rumi
Normal consciousness is a state of stupor, in which the sensibility to the wholly real and responsiveness to the stimuli of the spirit are reduced.… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
I entered the water as naked as when my mother bore me. When I first touched the cold water I felt a shudder go through… — Tayeb Salih
The ocean sleeps. The ocean wakes. And the waking of the ocean is the waking of the soul. At midnight wakefulness springs from within the… — Wasif Ali Wasif
Think of a flabby person covered with layers of fat. That is what your mind can become - flabby, covered with layers of fat till… — Anthony de Mello
We must close our eyes and invoke a new manner of seeing...a wakefulness that is the birthright of us all, though few put it to… — Plotinus
Wakefulness is not a destination but a song the human heart keeps singing, the way birds keep singing at the first sign of light. — Mark Nepo
If you have a golf-ball-sized consciousness, when you read a book, you'll have a golf-ball-sized understanding; when you look out a window, a golf-ball-sized awareness,… — David Lynch
But if you can expand that consciousness, make it grow, then when you read about that book, you'll have more understanding; when you look out,… — David Lynch
{While meditating} I sit quietly and rest in the nature of mind; I don't question or doubt whether I am in the "correct" state or… — Sogyal Rinpoche
Presence is not some exotic state that we need to search for or manufacture. In the simplest terms, it is the felt sense of wakefulness,… — Tara Brach
Read the sacred writings of all the peoples on Earth. Through all of them runs, like a red thread, the hidden Science of attaining and… — Gustav Meyrink
The silver trump of freedom had roused my soul to eternal wakefulness. Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever. It was heard in every… — Frederick Douglass
The greatest miracle is the miracle of wakefulness, to awaken from the dream of life and to see infinity everywhere, even in the finite, in… — Frederick Lenz
You are not what you seem to be. You are one of God's endless dreams in search of wakefulness. Meditation is wakefulness. — Frederick Lenz

Who Wrote These Wakefulness Quotes

22 authors contributed a total of 28 Wakefulness Quotes as follows: