Ester asked why people are sad.
“That’s simple,” says the old man. “They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people's ideas, and it is more than they can possibly cope with. And that is why they forget their dreams.”
-Paulo Coelho
"The Zahir"
Quotations
Dream
Dream is not what you see in your sleep, it is the thing which does not let you sleep.
-A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.
-Edgar Cayce
The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.
-Oprah Winfrey
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
-Thomas Jefferson
Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.
-William Faulkner
Every gardener knows that under the cloak of winter lies a miracle …a seed waiting to sprout, a bulb opening to the light, a bud straining to unfurl. And the anticipation nurtures our dream.
-Barbara Winkler "Barbara Winkler"
During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams.
-Tupac Shakur
The light of starry dreams can only be seen once we escape the blinding cities of disbelief.
-Shawn Purvis
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
-Henry David Thoreau
