Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page 8
... eating , walking , and sleeping , were the condensation of a multitude of truths and thoughts , and that the wealth of ideas involved was in direct proportion to the - commonness of the action ( as our dreams are 8 AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... eating , walking , and sleeping , were the condensation of a multitude of truths and thoughts , and that the wealth of ideas involved was in direct proportion to the - commonness of the action ( as our dreams are 8 AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
Page 9
... dreams are the more active , the deeper our sleep ) . We are hemmed round with mystery , and the greatest mysteries are contained in what we see and do every day . In all spontaneity the work of creation is reproduced in anal- ogy ...
... dreams are the more active , the deeper our sleep ) . We are hemmed round with mystery , and the greatest mysteries are contained in what we see and do every day . In all spontaneity the work of creation is reproduced in anal- ogy ...
Page 45
... dreams is heaven , and this suffering is the eternal home - sickness , the thirst for happiness . - ' In der Beschränkung zeigt sich erst der Meister , ' says Goethe . Mâle résignation , - this also is the motto of those who are masters ...
... dreams is heaven , and this suffering is the eternal home - sickness , the thirst for happiness . - ' In der Beschränkung zeigt sich erst der Meister , ' says Goethe . Mâle résignation , - this also is the motto of those who are masters ...
Page 47
... dream . Con- sciousness alone is immortal , positive , per- fectly real . The world is but a firework , a sublime ... dream . I have staked so much on this card that I dare not play it . Let me dream again . • Do no violence to yourself ...
... dream . Con- sciousness alone is immortal , positive , per- fectly real . The world is but a firework , a sublime ... dream . I have staked so much on this card that I dare not play it . Let me dream again . • Do no violence to yourself ...
Page 49
... dreams , in which one seems to carry the world in one's breast , to touch the stars , to possess the infinite ? Divine moments , hours of ecstasy , when thought flies from world to world , penetrates the great enigma , breathes with a ...
... dreams , in which one seems to carry the world in one's breast , to touch the stars , to possess the infinite ? Divine moments , hours of ecstasy , when thought flies from world to world , penetrates the great enigma , breathes with a ...
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