“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting”
Paulo Coelho book The Alchemist
Variant: It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
Source: The Alchemist
Quoted in "Yamilet Peña La posibilidad de realizar un sueño es lo que hace la vida interesante" in: Diario Libre, by Manauri Jorge. 2012-08-10 ( online http://www.diariolibre.com/olimpiadas2012/2012/08/10/i347393_yamilet-pena-posibilidad-realizar-sueno-que-hace-vida-interesante.html). <br class="br">ARS Universal Press Conference, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 2012-08-19
“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting”
Paulo Coelho book The Alchemist
Variant: It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.
Source: The Alchemist
“Possibly the most interesting first impression of my life came from the world of dreams.”
P. D. Ouspensky (1878–1947) Russian esotericist
Source: A New Model of the Universe (1932), p. 242
“Life is dangerous. That's what makes it interesting.”
John Twelve Hawks book The Traveler
Source: Fourth Realm Trilogy (2005-2009), The Traveler (2005)
Lawrence Weiner (1942) American artist
" Art Dictionary: Lawrence Weiner, A Sculptor of Language http://www.hatjecantz.de/lawrence-weiner-5098-1.html," at hatjecantz.de. 2012.
Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936) 19th-20th century Spanish writer and philosopher
The Tragic Sense of Life (1913), X : Religion, the Mythology of the Beyond and the Apocatastasis
“Because when everyone dreams, but only a few realize their dreams, that makes cowards of us all.”
Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
Source: Veronika Decides to Die
“What makes life interesting are the challenges we face.”
Paulo Coelho book Like the Flowing River
Source: Like the Flowing River
Stefán Karl Stefánsson (1975–2018) Icelandic actor
Twitter post (10 March 2018), as quoted in "LazyTown’s Stefan Karl Stefansson confirms ‘inoperable’ cancer has returned" https://metro.co.uk/2018/03/16/lazytowns-stefan-karl-stefansson-confirms-inoperable-cancer-returned-7392066/ (16 March 2018), by Emma Kelly, Metro
“What keeps your dreams alive is the hope of realizing them.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) Ciò che mantiene vivi i tuoi sogni, è la speranza di poterli realizzare.
Source: prevale.net
“It is startling to realize how much unbelief is necessary to make belief possible.”
Eric Hoffer (1898–1983) American philosopher
Section 56
The True Believer (1951), Part Three: United Action and Self-Sacrifice
Source: The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
Context: It is startling to realize how much unbelief is necessary to make belief possible. What we know as blind faith is sustained by innumerable unbeliefs.
Context: The readiness for self-sacrifice is contingent on an imperviousness to the realities of life.... For self-sacrifice is an unreasonable act.... All active mass movements strive, therefore, to interpose a fact-proof screen between the faithful and the realities of the world.... by claiming that the ultimate and absolute truth is already embodied in their doctrine and that there is no truth nor certitude outside it.... To rely on the evidence of senses and of reason is heresy and treason. It is startling to realize how much unbelief is necessary to make belief possible. What we know as blind faith is sustained by innumerable unbeliefs.