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A non-religious prison when awaken would make others sleep. Therefore his sleeping is good. A religious person when awaken will awaken others. Therefore his awakening is good.


Lord Mahavira

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IVO ANDRIC It is bad to awaken a sleeping dog. [It., Il fait mal eveiller le chien qu dort.]
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KRISTEN DAY Just as I felt the warmth of darkness, I could feel the cool breeze of divnity
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CHARLES GOODNIGHT Peace, peace! he is not dead, he doth not sleep! He hath awaken from the dream of life!
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KATE SMITH I would awaken, be awakened with this horrible heat — this internal heat.
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PEACE PILGRIM My appointed work is to awaken the divine nature that is within.
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RIG VEDA Our life is a series of moments. Let them all go. Moments. All gathering towards this one.
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MIA RANALDO To awaken quite alone in a strange parallel universe is the priceless moment to a time traveler!
VISHWANATH S J If emptiness is empty, how can something be borne or awaken from it?
DEJAN STOJANOVIC Our heartbeat is to see the campuses of this nation awaken to God.
LOUIE GIGLIO There is no illusion in awaken mind, because everything is perceived as impermanent and transient.
ADITYA AJMERA To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.
FREYA STARK Solitude is where I place my chaos to rest and awaken my inner peace.
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KATIE KACVINSKY The point is to wake up, not to earn a Ph.D. In waking up.
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EDGAR ALLAN POE Animals awaken, first facially, then bodily. Men's bodies wake before their faces do. The animal sle...
MALCOLM DE CHAZAL Some people awaken spiritually without ever coming into contact with any meditation technique or any...
ECKHART TOLLE We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness.
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JOHN CALVIN The principal art of the teacher is to awaken the joy in creation and knowledge.
ALBERT EINSTEIN You will bring yourself the suffering you need to bring yourself so that you may awaken.
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ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born.
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY The biggest coward of a man is to awaken the love of a woman without the intention of loving her.
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ALBERT EINSTEIN And now I awaken, for I am both yours and mine.
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MARK HELPRIN It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
CHARLES M. DICKINSON It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
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MALCOLM DE CHAZAL I am not the type of person who would call into question the religious beliefs of others.
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JOHN TYLER Let it be henceforth proclaimed to the world that man's conscience was created free; that he is no l...
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