“The potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer
1780?
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), Life of Johnson (Boswell)
“Unfortunately, the balance of nature decrees that a super-abundance of dreams is paid for by a growing potential for nightmares.”
As quoted in The Independent (25 February 1989)
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“I have dreams, and I have nightmares. I overcame the nightmares because of my dreams.”
Jonas Salk (1914–1995) Inventor of polio vaccine
As quoted in Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing https://books.google.com/books?id=-T3QhPjIxhIC&lpg=PP1&dq=%22I%20have%20dreams%2C%20and%20I%20have%20nightmares.%20I%20overcame%20the%20nightmares%20because%20of%20my%20dreams.%22&pg=PA254#v=onepage (2006) by Larry Chang (page 254)
“I still have dreams. Politics without dreams - it would be a nightmare.”
Donald Tusk (1957) Polish politician, current President of the European Council
Brexit: 'Dreamer' Tusk says UK may yet stay in the EU https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40362594 BBC News (22 June 2017) <br class="br">2011, 2017
“That good diffused may more abundant grow.”
William Cowper (1731–1800) (1731–1800) English poet and hymnodist
Source: Conversation (1782), Line 443.
“Better to end this dream before it becomes a nightmare.”
Rachel Cohn (1968) American writer
Source: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
“Man is the "ethical animal" — ethical in potentiality even if, unfortunately, not in actuality.”
Rollo May (1909–1994) US psychiatrist
Source: Man’s Search for Himself (1953), p. 150
Context: Man is the "ethical animal" — ethical in potentiality even if, unfortunately, not in actuality. His capacity for ethical judgment — like freedom, reason and the other unique characteristics of the human being — is based upon his consciousness of himself.
“Consciousness is nature's nightmare.”
Emil M. Cioran (1911–1995) Romanian philosopher and essayist
Tears and Saints (1937)
