From Gaston Bachelard: “Daydreams transport the dreamer outside the immediate world to a world that bears the mark of infinity.”
Tag Archives: understanding
Quote of the day 11/14/24
From Gaston Bachelard: “Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.”
Quote of the day 11/12/24
From Heraclitus: “Men forget where the way leads, and what they meet with every day seems strange to them. We should not act and speak like men asleep.”
Quote of the day 11/11/24
From Heraclitus: “Many who have learned from Hesiod the countless names of gods and monsters never understand that night and day are one.”
Quote of the day 11/09/24
From Heraclitus: “The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts.”
Quote of the day 11/08/24
From Heraclitus: “The meaning of the river flowing is not that all things are changing so that we cannot encounter them twice but that some things stay the same only by changing.”
Quote of the day 11/05/24
From Heraclitus: “Much learning does not teach understanding.”
Quote of the day 10/30/24
From Plutarch: “Music, to create harmony, must investigate discord.”
Quote of the day 10/21/24
From Desiderius Erasmus: “The chief element of happiness is this: to want to be what you are.”
Quote of the day 10/20/24
From Homer: “Each man delights in the work that suits him best.”