Top 46 Quotes & Sayings by Wim Hof

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Dutch celebrity Wim Hof.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Wim Hof, also known as The Iceman, is a Dutch motivational speaker and extreme athlete noted for his ability to withstand very low temperatures. He has set Guinness World Records for swimming under ice and prolonged full-body contact with ice, and previously held the record for a barefoot half marathon on ice and snow. He attributes these feats to his Wim Hof Method (WHM), a combination of frequent cold exposure, breathing techniques, yoga and meditation. Hof has been the subject of several medical assessments and a book written by investigative journalist Scott Carney.

Dutch - Celebrity | Born: April 20, 1959

Source: Wikipedia

Deep breathing changes the chemistry of the body by bringing oxygen into the tissue.

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The cortex is the enemy.

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I had to find the interconnection of my brain together with my physiology.

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Love is my mission.

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I want to stop war, and I want to stop disease.

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I found by deeper breathing, going into the cold, thinking about it, dealing with it; getting the conviction that my ability to breathe deeper is making connections with my body.

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I want people to find their inner depth.

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I had a stroll like this in the park with somebody, and I saw the ice and I thought, 'what would happen if I go in there?' I was really attracted to it. I went in, got rid of my clothes. Thirty seconds I was in. Tremendous good feeling when I came out, and since then, I repeated it every day.

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Fear is a great signal. It's like a pain signal. Hey, look at me, look at me. Get your focus right over here, at the pain.

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I'm not afraid to die. But I'm afraid to not live.

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I fear not living fully.

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We as a species have unlimited power of our mind. We can make anything happen.

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I've done about anything I can fantasize about in the cold.

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It's a great honour to have the nickname of Iceman, it makes me feel very proud of my achievements.

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Cold is merciless. It shows you where you are. What you are.

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Men need to laugh more.

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When I am performing ice immersion, actually I do not think very much. It is all before.

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In the cold I centre myself and my breathing to transfer all my heat into the centre of my body.

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That's what nature meant us to do, breathe deep when we are stressed.

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Every body has mind power, I have learned to direct it toward my body and thus influence the cold and heating-system of my metabolism.

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With work and life, your true depth can become an alien thing to you. Your gut feelings, your instincts become buried.

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I want to show everyone in this world that the soul is the source of our happiness, strength and health. Love actually comes from the soul, from the light.

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Nature is so merciless - but so righteous.

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As one can solve maths by concentrating do I focus on certain places in my body and generate heat because of it.

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Arthritis, Crohn's disease, psoriasis, depression - all of those diseases are a result of our neglected biochemistry. We need to be stimulated to help fight disease. Cold is a great stimulator.

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I know my body. I know my mind. I know what I can do.

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Yes, my teacher is the cold.

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I never had a teacher, and I never had lessons, other than hard Nature itself.

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For me, God is cold.

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I think of the cold as a noble force.

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Breathing and using cold, through cold showers and experiences, provides a boost of performance compared to anything that would be possible if the person had not done that.

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Breathing exercises produce brain waves.

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The whole medical industry wants us sick.

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When there is no oxygen the muscles become acidic and we can't perform any more.

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Your brain has the power to modify your pain perception.

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I'm able to control the body through just the power of the mind.

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Over time, we as humans have developed a different attitude towards nature and we've forgotten about our inner power.

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Sometimes you don't know why but you feel attracted to do something.

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Cold water is merciless, but righteous.

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We are estranged from our own deeper physiology because we are no longer in contact with nature. Instead, we are controlling nature with air pollution, heating, technology. But you have to know you have a depth within yourself which needs to be stimulated. If it doesn't get stimulated it becomes weaker, like a muscle that's not being used any more.

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I don't bother with gyms, I just workout where I happen to be whether it's in the garden or at home.

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I love working out to Michael Jackson.

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I completed five half marathons in 2002.

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We are built to be happy, strong and healthy. I fear not to live. We have everything to live up to our dreams. You have everything to achieve that, and in a very short period of time you can get all the tools to manifest who you want to be.

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I feel like I can control my own body as if I have a thermostat that I can adjust when I need to.

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Anybody is able to doubt me. I say, 'Come with your criticism to polish the diamond of the truth.' People need to wake up to their own power. Everybody has this nature.

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Top 46 Quotes & Sayings by Wim Hof

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