Quote by Marcel Proust, Within A Budding

When the mind has a tendency to dream, it is a mistake to keep dreams away from it, to ration its dreams. So long as you distract your mind from its dreams, it will not know them for what they are; you will always be being taken in by the appearance of things, because you will not have grasped their true nature. If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time. One must have a thorough understanding of onehttp://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300401.txt


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Summary

This quote emphasizes the importance of allowing the mind to freely dream and not restricting or limiting its capacity for imagination. It highlights the idea that by censoring or suppressing our dreams, we fail to understand the true essence of life as we become easily deceived by superficial appearances. Rather than considering a little bit of dreaming as potentially harmful, the quote suggests that the remedy lies not in reducing our dreams but in embracing them fully and continuously. By consistently engaging in the act of dreaming, we may gain deeper insights and a genuine understanding of reality.

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By Marcel Proust, Within A Budding
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