Quote of Gérard de Nerval - When the soul drifts uncertainly between...
Biography - Gérard de Nerval:
French writer and poet.
Born: 1808 - Died: 1855
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1808 - Died: 1855
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: France
When the soul drifts uncertainly between life and the dream, between the mind's disorder and the return to cool reflection, it is in religious thought that we should seek consolation.
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(French)
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Quotes about life:
Quotes about soul:
At any moment you choose you can retire within yourself. Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
'No soul is willing to be robbed of truth', he says. The same holds of justice, too, of temperance, of kindness, and the like. It is most necessary to remember this continually, for thus you will be more gentle to all men.
Quotes for: dream
The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind.
I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
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