“Q: Is life a dream or a meditation? A: Life is a meditation when you know it is a dream.”
Baba Hari Dass (1923–2018) master yogi, author, builder, commentator of Indian spiritual tradition
Yoga Journal, May 1977
Session 254, Page 119
The Early Sessions: Sessions 1-42, 1997, The Early Sessions: Book 6
“Q: Is life a dream or a meditation? A: Life is a meditation when you know it is a dream.”
Baba Hari Dass (1923–2018) master yogi, author, builder, commentator of Indian spiritual tradition
Yoga Journal, May 1977
“When you dream, you are an author, but you do not know how it will end.”
Cesare Pavese (1908–1950) Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
“Keep your dreams, you never know when you might need them.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón book The Shadow of the Wind
Source: The Shadow of the Wind
Happy Rhodes (1965) American singer-songwriter
"If Wishes Were Horses, How Beggars Would Ride" - Live performance (29 June 1999) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyG_g73R0wY <br class="br">Many Worlds Are Born Tonight (1998) <br class="br">Context: I wish I could promise I'll<br>Be there when you dream<br>I wish that when you spoke to me<br>I'd know what you mean But you can't bring me comfort<br>By filling up my eyes<br>They don't stay dry<br>Hard as I try<br>Can't figure why<br>Made I this choice
Dr. Seuss (1904–1991) American children's writer and illustrator, co-founder of Beginner Books
Variant: You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.
“You tell yourself a dream, always. And when do you dream it?”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
Voces (1943)
“Poems are like dreams: in them you put what you don't know you know.”
Adrienne Rich (1929–2012) American poet, essayist and feminist
Source: Arts of the Possible: Essays and Conversations