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- All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.
- T. E. Lawrence (1888 - 1935), "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom"
- Dreams surely are difficult, confusing, and not everything in them is brought to pass for mankind. For fleeting dreams have two gates: one is fashioned of horn and one of ivory. Those which pass through the one of sawn ivory are deceptive, bringing tidings which come to nought, but those which issue from the one of polished horn bring true results when a mortal sees them.
- Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Odyssey
- I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
- Aeschylus (525 BC - 456 BC), Agamemnon
- A sweet thing, for whatever time,
to revisit in dreams the dear dad we have lost. - Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC), Alcestis, 438 B.C.
- Hope is a waking dream.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
- Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: - 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), Speech at Civil Rights March on Washington, August 28, 1963
- As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
- Carl Jung (1875 - 1961), "Memories, Dreams, Reflections", 1962
- There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Hamlet", Act 1 scene 5
- Lord, what fools these mortals be!
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Act 3 scene 2
- For aught that I could ever read,
Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Act 1 scene 1
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