7 quotes about Reverie



Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie.
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Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.
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Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.
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There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while the life is groveling and sensual.
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To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes.
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Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of evil.
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In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts bring sad thoughts to the mind.
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