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
Dreams have only one owner at a time. That's why dreamers are lonely.
-William Faulkner
When a human awakens to a great dream and throws the full force of his soul over it, all the universe conspires in your favor.
-Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Employing your imagination is the first step to the fulfillment of any dream.
-Richelle E. Goodrich
Dreams are the touchstones of our character.
-Henry David Thoreau
Your hopes, dreams and aspirations are legitimate. They are trying to take you airborne, above the clouds, above the storms, if you only let them.
-William James
The light of starry dreams can only be seen once we escape the blinding cities of disbelief.
-Shawn Purvis
A big desire is not enough to meet the expectations of lost dreams
-Dejan Stojanović
I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each other's dreams, we can play together all night.
-Bill Watterson
"Calvin & Hobbes"
You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith.
-Mary Manin Morrissey
