If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace. -Gaston Bachelard Peace
If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace. -Gaston Bachelard Home
The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us. It is not the possession of our being. Sleep opens within us an inn for phantoms. In the morning we must sweep out the shadows. -Gaston Bachelard Morning
A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language. -Gaston Bachelard Beauty
The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know. -Gaston Bachelard Science
