The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle.

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Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and...

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and...

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through....

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through....

Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it...

Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it...

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.

My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living.

If what Proust says is true, that happiness is the absence of fever, then I...

If what Proust says is true, that happiness is the absence of fever, then I...

Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought...

Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought...

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we...

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we...

Good things happen to those who hustle.

Good things happen to those who hustle.

There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by...

There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by...

The artist is the only one who knows that the world is a subjective creation,...

The artist is the only one who knows that the world is a subjective creation,...

People living deeply have no fear of death.

People living deeply have no fear of death.

When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons....

When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons....

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from...

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from...

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous...

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous...

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but...

The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but...

It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with...

It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with...

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more...

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is...

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is...

If we do not know ourselves to be full of pride, ambition, lust, weakness, misery,...

If we do not know ourselves to be full of pride, ambition, lust, weakness, misery,...

You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth

You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth