„They constantly try to escapeFrom the darkness outside and withinBy dreaming of systems so perfect that no one will need to be good.“

— T.S. Eliot

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„They constantly try to escapeFrom the darkness outside and withinBy dreaming of systems so perfect that no one will need to be good.But the man that is shall shadowThe man that pretends to be.“
— T.S. Eliot
„The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.“
— Carl von Clausewitz
„O God! Can I not saveOne from the pitiless wave?Is all that we see or seemBut a dream within a dream?“
— Edgar Allan Poe
„I dreamed of you. I dreamed you were wandering in the dark, and so was I. We found each other. We found each other in the dark.“
— Stephen King
„A person is the product of their dreams. So make sure to dream great dreams. And then try to live your dream.“
— Maya Angelou
„The perfect disciplinary apparatus would make it possible for a single haze to see everything constantly. A central point would be both the source of light illuminating everything, and a locus of convergence for everything that must be known: a perfect eye that nothing would escape and a centre towards which all gazes would be turned.“
— Michel Foucault
„So, to detract from the perfection of creatures is to detract from the perfection of divine power.“
— Thomas Aquinas