“Man, do you think yours is the only soul? Look around you. Everything that you see quivers with being. Though your thoughts are free, one thing you do not think about: the whole. Beasts have a mind; respect it. Flowers too- look at one. Nature brought forth each petal. There is a mystery that sleeps in metal. Everything feels, and has power over you.” ThinkingMenFeelsMindLooksSoulWholeSleepOne ThingMysteryFlowerEnvironmentalBeastOver YouMetalsPetalsQuiver Author:Gerard De Nerval
“Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.” SoulNatureTreeFlowerFloweringBloomingBlossomingBlooming FlowerFlower GardenBeautiful FlowerFlowers And GardensFlower BlossomInspirational FlowerPlants And FlowersLove And FlowerNature Related Author:Gerard De Nerval
“I have never felt any rest in sleep. For a few seconds I am numbed, then a new life begins, freed from the conditions of time and space, and doubtless similar to that state which awaits us after death. Who knows if there is not some link between those two existences and if it is not possible for the soul to unite them now?” IfsKnowsTwoSoulStatesFeltSleepSpaceExistenceConditionsLinksSecondsNew LifeTime And SpaceAfter Death Author:Gerard De Nerval
“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.” ShouldMindSoulDreamReligionReligiousReturnReflectionDisorderConsolation Author:Gerard De Nerval
