We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men.

To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it.

Only as far as a man is happily married to himself is he fit for married life and family life in general.

The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.

Nature is a petrified magic city.

Character and fate are two words for the same thing.

We are more closely connected to the invisible than to the visible.

Where no gods are, spectres rule.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.

I often feel, and ever more deeply I realize, that fate and character are the same conception.

We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home.

Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.

Nothing is more indispensable to true religiosity than a mediator that links us with divinity.

A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.

Where children are, there is the golden age.

Knowledge is only one half. Faith is the other.

A character is a completely fashioned will.

We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.

Accident is simply unforeseen order.

We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.

Christianity is the root of all democracy the highest fact in the rights of men.

We are on a mission: we are called to the cultivation of the earth.

The artist stands on the human being as a statue does on a pedestal.

There are those, I know, who will reply that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is. It is the American Dream.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

The best thing I can think of would be to create a union between something as beautiful and powerful and wonderful as Hollywood films and a criticism of the status quo. That's my dream, to make such a German film.

In fact I have nightmares about having children. I want to carry a baby and feel the life within me and in my dream, I do. But every time after it's born, there's this incredible fear, this pounding pulse of fear. It's a real bad nightmare.

I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent. I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of all our great wildernesses.

It's not the size of the dreamer, it's the size of the dream.

Christianity is a battle not a dream.

Lately, I can't shake the feeling that I've been living a dream for the last 10 years or so; I can't account for most of my 20s, and I have to continually remind myself that certain people are dead now and many of my friends have children.

If you stop and think about our history, one of the reasons we had an American century and there is an American dream was because at key points in our history we made very bold decisions about making sure that there was very broad, universal access to quality education.

My secret dream is to write an epic poem. That's probably the most pretentious thing I've said.

I have played for 15 years and it has been a dream.

I never dreamed about being an actor, because that was out of reach. Coming from a small town that was big in farming, and also big in clothing factories, you don't dream about being a professional football player or an actor.

It's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe.

My dream is to save women from nature.

A man's moral conscience is the curse he had to accept from the gods in order to gain from them the right to dream.

For the next century, the Republicans have agreed that we will promote the dignity and future of every individual by building a free society under a limited, accountable government that protects liberty, security and prosperity for a brighter American dream.

A novel usually takes me two years. A year to research and plan and dream. Then a year to write.

I had to do something special coming in. I didn't do it, so I had to do it in the playoff. Winning the Mercedes is awesome. Winning three times is a dream come true.

Love in marriage should be the accomplishment of a beautiful dream, and not, as it too often is, the end.

And you must dare to do as many things as you dream of.

When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream.

I stand before you today as a disciplined conservative Texan, a committed Republican and a proud American, united with you to restoring our nation and revive the American dream.