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
Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
-Carl Gustav Jung
Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.
-William Faulkner
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
-Thomas Jefferson
During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams.
-Tupac Shakur
The best reason for having dreams is that in dreams no reasons are necessary.
-Ashleigh Brilliant
The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do.
-Sarah Ban Breathnach
"Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy"
Dreams say what they mean, but they don't say it in daytime language.
-Gail Godwin
You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith.
-Mary Manin Morrissey
There is a fine line between dreams and reality; it's up to you to draw it.
-Anonymous
