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, Reverie Quotes, Soul Quotes

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...

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.

There is no original truth, only original error.

There is no original truth, only original error.

Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make.

Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make.

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...

Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.

Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.

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....

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...

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...

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

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

Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that...

Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that...

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,...

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,...

Man is an imagining being.

Man is an imagining being.

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.

Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.

Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.

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:...

I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my...

I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my...

It didn't matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in...

It didn't matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in...

The Japanese put houses in among the trees and allowed nature to gain the ascendancy...

The Japanese put houses in among the trees and allowed nature to gain the ascendancy...