Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plenitude of the soul.

Quote by Gaston Bachelard

Topics: Mind Quotes, Soul Quotes

So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.

So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.

Man is an imagining being.

Man is an imagining being.

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect...

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect...

The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest....

The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest....

Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make.

Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make.

The words of the world want to make sentences.

The words of the world want to make sentences.

Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image,...

Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image,...

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect...

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect...

One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from...

One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from...

The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.

The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.

If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say:...

If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say:...

The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our...

The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our...

Ideas are invented only as correctives to the past. Through repeated rectification of this kind...

Ideas are invented only as correctives to the past. Through repeated rectification of this kind...

There is no original truth, only original error.

There is no original truth, only original error.

A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for...

A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for...

To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well,...

To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well,...

The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one...

The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one...

You rise above your problems in your attitude before you ever do in your circumstances....

You rise above your problems in your attitude before you ever do in your circumstances....

Emotion always has its roots in the unconscious and manifests itself in the body.

Emotion always has its roots in the unconscious and manifests itself in the body.

The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is...

The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is...