'Mind and matter,' said the lady in the wig, 'glide swift into the vortex if immensity. Howls the sublime, and softly sleeps the calm Ideal, in the whispering chambers of Imagination.'
Interpretation
This quote explores the interplay between the mind and the physical world, suggesting a vastness beyond our perception tied to imagination.
In this quote, Charles Dickens reflects on the relationship between the mind and the material world, describing how both quickly move towards a greater, unfathomable reality. He highlights the contrast between the chaotic 'sublime' and the tranquil 'calm Ideal,' emphasizing that imagination holds the key to understanding this duality and the mysteries of existence.
In practice
In a speech about creativity, one might use this quote to emphasize the power of imagination in innovative thinking.
I recollected one story there was in the village, how that on a certain night in the year (it might be that very night for anything I knew), all the dead people came out of the ground and sat at the heads of their own graves till morning.
A silent look of affection and regard when all other eyes are turned coldly away-the consciousness that we possess the sympathy and affection of one being when all others have deserted us-is a hold, a stay, a comfort, in the deepest affliction, which no wealth could purchase, or power bestow.
Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.
There are not a few among the disciples of charity who require, in their vocation, scarcely less excitement than the votaries of pleasure in theirs.
You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer,” said Miss Pross, in her breathing. “Nevertheless, you shall not get the better of me. I am an Englishwoman.
Christmas is a poor excuse every 25th of December to pick a man's pockets.
You didn't have to read 'Playboy,' visit the mansion, wear pajamas, or even be straight: The effects of its ideas about women on the American psyche were totalizing. Women were inferior to men because, for 'Playboy,' they were scenery - pretty, passive, usually white, often blonde, there.
Who in the Bible besides Jesus knew--knew--that we're carrying the Kingdom of Heaven around with us, inside, where we're all too goddam stupid and sentimental and unimaginative to look?
Whoever you hate will end up in your family. You don't like gays? _x000D_ You're gonna have a gay son. You don't like Puerto Ricans? Your _x000D_ daughter's gonna come home with Livin' La Vida Loca!
Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time; it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought
The Buddha is not a person but a (state of) realization to which anyone can attain.
I feel more at home knowing I'm not really at home. It takes all the pressure off you trying to fit in!
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