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

Quote by Gaston Bachelard

Topics: Conscious Quotes

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:...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 words of the world want to make sentences.

The words of the world want to make sentences.

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...

There is no original truth, only original error.

There is no original truth, only original error.

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

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

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...

Man is an imagining being.

Man is an imagining being.

Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make.

Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make.

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....

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...

Men's minds are raised to the level of the women with whom they associate

Men's minds are raised to the level of the women with whom they associate

The best use one can make of his mind is to distrust it

The best use one can make of his mind is to distrust it

Too much gravity argues a shallow mind

Too much gravity argues a shallow mind

Pride is the shirt of the soul, put on first and put off last

Pride is the shirt of the soul, put on first and put off last