“To disappear into deep water or to disappear toward a far horizon, to become part of depth of infinity, such is the destiny of man that finds its image in the destiny of water.” MenWaterDestinyDepthDisappearHorizonInfinityDeep Water Author:Gaston Bachelard
“Happy is the man who knows or even the man who remembers those silent vigils where silence itself was the sign of the communion of souls!” KnowsMenSoulRememberHappinessSilenceHe ManSilentCommunion Author:Gaston Bachelard
“Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.” MenNeedsDesireCreationIntegrity Author:Gaston Bachelard
“A man is a man to the extent that he is a superman. A man should be defined by the sum of those tendencies which impel him to surpass the human condition.” MenShouldHumansGrowthConditionsIntegrityTendenciesDefinedHuman Condition Author:Gaston Bachelard
“Childhood knows unhappiness through men. In solitude, it can relax its aches. When the human world leaves him in peace, the child feels like the son of the cosmos.” KnowsMenWorldFeelsHumansChildrenPeaceChildhoodSonSolitudeRelaxCosmosUnhappinessAche Author:Gaston Bachelard
“A clear conscience is, for me, an occupied conscience-never empty-the conscience of a man at work until his last breath.” MenLifeLastsClearConscienceEmptyBreathsWorking ManClear Conscience Author:Gaston Bachelard
“A universe comes to contribute to our happiness when reverie comes to accentuate our repose. You must tell the man who wants to dream well to begin by being happy. Then reverie plays out its veritable destiny; it becomes poetic reverie and by it, in it, everything becomes beautiful. If the dreamer had "the gift" he would turn his reverie into a work. And this work would be grandiose since the dreamed world is automatically grandiose.” IfsMenWorldWantWellsPlayDreamWould BeBeautifulTurnsUniverseDestinyHe ManPoeticDreamerReposeReverieGrandioseAccentuate Author:Gaston Bachelard
“Thanks to his complex convictions, made strong with the forces of animus and anima, the alchemist believes he is seizing the soul of the world, participating in the soul of the world. Thus, from the world to the man, alchemy is a problem of souls.” MenWorldBelieveMadeSoulProblemStrongForceHe ManComplexesConvictionThanksAlchemyParticipatingAlchemistSeizingAnimus Author:Gaston Bachelard
“For in the end, the irreality function functions as well in the face of man as in the face of the cosmos. What would we know of others if we did not imagine things?” IfsKnowsMenWellsEndsRealityFacesImaginationImagineFunctionCosmos Author:Gaston Bachelard
