Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.
Jules RenardRead
Walks. The body advances, while the mind flutters around it like a bird.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote reflects the contrast between physical movement and the wandering nature of thoughts.
Jules Renard's quote illustrates the disconnect that often exists between our physical actions and our mental states. While our bodies may be in motion, engaged in activities like walking, our minds can drift and wander, contemplating various thoughts and ideas that do not necessarily correlate with our present physical experience. This highlights the complexities of human consciousness and the way our minds can be preoccupied with reflections or distractions even in the midst of simple actions.
Themes
ThoughtsWalkingMindBodyConsciousness
In practice
Example use cases
In a meditation class, to emphasize the importance of being mindful, one might say, 'As Jules Renard stated, while we walk, letβs not forget to be present.'
More from Jules Renard
All quotes βIf one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room.
Jules RenardRead
When I think of all the books still left for me to read, I am certain of further happiness.
Jules RenardRead
It doesn't pay to say too much when you are mad enough to choke. For the word that stings the deepest is the word that is never spoke, Let the other fellow wrangle till the storm has blown away, then he'll do a heap of thinking about the things you didn't say.
Jules RenardRead
Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none
Jules RenardRead
I have no religion,β says Borneau, βbut I respect the religion of others. Religion is sacred.β Why this privilege, this immunity?... A believer creates God in his own image; if he is ugly, his God will be morally ugly. Why should moral ugliness be respectable?
Jules RenardRead
Similar quotes
But sea power has never led to despotism. The nations that have enjoyed sea power even for a brief period-Athens, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, England, the United States-are those that have preserved freedom for themselves and have given it to others. Of the despotism to which unrestrained military power leads we have plenty of examples from Alexander to Mao.
Samuel Eliot MorisonRead
The discovery of a wine is of greater moment than the discovery of a constellation. The universe is too full of stars.
Benjamin FranklinRead
God is the creator of all things, right? He is the force that dictates the laws of the universe, and is therefore the ultimate source of ethics. He is absolute morality... We claim to be doing good. But the Lord Ruler - as God - defines what is good. So by opposing him we're actually evil. But since he's doing the wrong thing, does evil actually count as good in this case?
Brandon SandersonRead
Submitting to censorship is to enter the seductive world of 'The Giver': the world where there are no bad words and no bad deeds. But it is also the world where choice has been taken away and reality distorted. And that is the most dangerous world of all.
Lois LowryRead
The Bible is not only laws, it's also stories. It begins, 'In the beginning God created Heaven.' If I had written these words, I wouldn't have written anything else; it's just enough.
Elie WieselRead
I was just a screw or cog in the great machine I called life, and when I dropped out of it I found I was of no use anywhere else.
Edith WhartonRead