--- title: "8 Thing Sleep Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Thing Sleep quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Thing Sleep sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82f/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_bad-thing_i-know-only-one-thing-when-i-sleep-i-kno_180721.jpg" --- > [I know only one thing. when i sleep, i know no fear, no, trouble no bliss. blessing on him who invented sleep.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/i-know-only-one-thing-when-i-sleep-i-know-no-fear-no-trouble-no-bliss/) [Andrei Tarkovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrei-tarkovsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82f/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_bad-thing_i-know-only-one-thing-when-i-sleep-i-kno_180721.jpg) > [The best thing we have is sleep, of course, and what is sleep except the putting aside of everything tentative for another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-saroyan/the-best-thing-we-have-is-sleep-of-course-and-what-is-sleep-except/) [William Saroyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-saroyan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b87/william-saroyan-1743_best-things_the-best-thing-we-have-is-sleep-of-cours_954096.jpg) > [What is this mysterious thing, sleep, that you speak of? Please introduce me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaliana-dietrich/what-is-this-mysterious-thing-sleep-that-you-speak-of-please/) [Kaliana Dietrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaliana-dietrich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a2/kaliana-dietrich-29324_funny_what-is-this-mysterious-thing-sleep-that_1096401.jpg) > [The hardest thing is to go to sleep at night, when there are so many urgent things needing to be done. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-knuth/the-hardest-thing-is-to-go-to-sleep-at-night-when-there-are-so-many/) [Donald Knuth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-knuth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb3/donald-knuth-8762_able_the-hardest-thing-is-to-go-to-sleep-at-n_1416888.jpg) > [The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-monroe/the-nicest-thing-for-me-is-sleep-then-at-least-i-can-dream/) [Marilyn Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-monroe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89a/marilyn-monroe-416_dream_the-nicest-thing-for-me-is-sleep-then-at_1685595.jpg) > [“All I know is that while I’m asleep, I’m never afraid, and I have no hopes, no struggles, no glories — and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miguel-de-cervantes-saavedra/all-i-know-is-that-while-i-m-asleep-i-m-never-afraid-and-i-have-no/) [Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miguel-de-cervantes-saavedra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b19/miguel-de-cervantes-saavedra-1_bad-thing_all-i-know-is-that-while-i-m-asleep-i-m_1695658.jpg) > [“Dream is not the thing you see in sleep but is that thing that doesn't let you sleep.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-p-j-abdul-kalam-2/dream-is-not-the-thing-you-see-in-sleep-but-is-that-thing-that-doesn/) [A.P.J. Abdul Kalam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-p-j-abdul-kalam-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/355/a-p-j-abdul-kalam-2-24151_dream_dream-is-not-the-thing-you-see-in-sleep_1796293.jpg) > [“Do but consider what an excellent thing sleep is...that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together. Who complains of want?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dekker/do-but-consider-what-an-excellent-thing-sleep-is-that-golden-chain/) [Thomas Dekker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dekker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/942/thomas-dekker-28647_fifteen-years_do-but-consider-what-an-excellent-thing_2262858.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thing-sleep/#itemlist", "name": "Thing Sleep Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I know only one thing. when i sleep, i know no fear, no, trouble no bliss. blessing on him who invented sleep. the common coin that purchases all things, the balance that levels shepherd and king, fool and wise man. there is only one bad thing about sound sleep. they say it closely resembles death.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Andrei Tarkovsky" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrei-tarkovsky/i-know-only-one-thing-when-i-sleep-i-know-no-fear-no-trouble-no-bliss/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82f/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_bad-thing_i-know-only-one-thing-when-i-sleep-i-kno_180721.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82f/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_bad-thing_i-know-only-one-thing-when-i-sleep-i-kno_180721.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82f/andrei-tarkovsky-3522_bad-thing_i-know-only-one-thing-when-i-sleep-i-kno_180721.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I know only one thing. when i sleep, i know no fear, no, trouble no bliss. blessing on him who invented…” — Andrei Tarkovsky", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The best thing we have is sleep, of course, and what is sleep except the putting aside of everything tentative for another interval of final and everlasting truth? 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