"Once in a while it really hits people that they don't have to experience the world the way they have been told to."

-- Alan Keightley

"We need only drop the effort to secure and solidify ourselves and the awakened state is present."

-- Chogyam Trungpa

"You know how we fall asleep each night

Why not fall awake?"

-- Paul Reps

"Times when you feel distant from God and feel no desire for spirituality are in truth times when we are being prepared for great spiritual awakenings."

-- Yehuda Berg

"Meditation doesn't make us better or worse or different than we are, it only wakes us up."

-- Clark Strand

"When one person awakens, the universe evolves another step."

-- Lee Lozowick

"Three failed relationships in as many years are more likely to force you into awakening than three years on a desert island or shut away in your room."

-- Eckhart Tolle

"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up."

-- Paul Valery

"Beyond living and dreaming there is something more: waking up."

-- Antonio Machado

"We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them."

-- Charles C. West

"If we undertake being a good, compassionate person as a personal identity, it just gets in the way of awakening."

-- Adyashanti