imagination

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere.

Carl Sagan

wisdom

I almost think there is no wisdom comparable to that of exchanging what is called the realities of life for dreams.

Hugh Walpole

we

We have our dreams because without them we could not bear the truth.

Erich Maria Remarque

dreams

Some dreams really do come true. That said, most dreams are weird as shit.

Brian K. Vaughan

still

If you're still hanging onto a dead dream of yesterday, laying flowers on its grave by the hour, you cannot be planting the seeds for a new dream to grow today.

Joyce Chapman

quality

The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

people

Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

same

We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

decide

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

time

We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

you

Dream your dream; and realize that you are more than just the dreamer, you are the point of origin for its reality.

Steve Maraboli

build

Build your castle of dreams but don't live in it.

Marty Rubin

give up

Those who give up dreams, do injury to their own hears and cannot possibly enjoy a profound sense of fulfillment in the end.

Daisaku Ikeda

better

All I want is to sleep- -to dream. Life is better in dreams.

Christina Westover, Poisoning Sylvie

dreams

Dreams won't always take you on a straight path to destiny, but they're usually related to what your soul wants for you.

Kelly Cutrone

people

There are some people who live in a dream world, and some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.

Douglas Everett

wonders

I must confess, I have always wondered what lay beyond life, my dear.
Yeah, everybody wonders. And sooner or later everybody gets to find out.

Neil Gaiman, Fables & Reflections

everything

By trying to understand everything, everything makes me dream.

Gustave Flaubert

tricks

It is wonderful what tricks our dreams play us, and how conveniently we can imagine.

Bram Stoker, Dracula

desires

Often secret desires as well as abilities surface in our dreams.

P.C. Cast

live

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Oscar Wilde

goes on

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes one.

Robert Frost

new year

New Year - a new chapter, new verse, or just the same old story? Ultimately we write it. The choice is ours.

Alex Morritt

once

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

Mae West

ne t'en fais

ne t'en fais pas, tout va bien.
don't worry, it's all right.

landscape

There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outline all our lives.

Josephine Hart

armour

Her suffering was her armour. Gradually it became her skin. Then she could not take it off.

Jeanette Winterson

peace

Happy Christmas
may peace prevail on earth

truth

The truth is: I remember everything that happened, everything that did not happen, everything that might have.

Alison Stine

sick

I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're goin', and hook up with them later.

Mitch Hedberg

human

A human being is only breath and shadow.

Sophocles

we

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

Buddha

character

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Abraham Lincoln

trust

Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter or broken. Hush until you're healed.

Samuel Johnson

pé...

in guadeloupe pé is the creole word for peace.

may peace prevail on earth

solh...

in iraq solh is the farsi word for peace.

may peace prevail on earth

vienosti...

in finland vienosti is a karelian word for peace.

may peace prevail on earth

peace...

may peace prevail on earth

and in me

nerane'i...

in bolivia nerane'i is a guarani word for peace.

may peace prevail on earth

santi...

in nepal santi is the hindi word for peace.

may peace prevail on earth

monachopsis

Monachopsis is the subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place.

Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

occhiolism

Occhiolism: the awareness of the smallness of your perspective in the grandness of the vast scope of the Universe.

Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

saints

You meet saints everywhere.
They can be anywhere.
They are people behaving decently
in an indecent society.

Kurt Vonnegut

today

Yesterday is but today's memory, tomorrow is today's dream.

Kahlil Gibran

hold

Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you might still exist but you have ceased to live.

Henry David Thoreau

vaccuum

When your dreams turn to dust, vacuum.

Anonymous

know

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.

Dr. Seuss

answers

Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.

Edgar Cayce

turn

There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.

Douglas H. Everett

you

The only thing that will stop you from fulfilling your dreams is you.

Tom Bradley