The dream reveals the reality which conception lags behind. That is the horror of life - the terror of art.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Dreams show truths that conscious thought cannot yet reach.
- In plain terms
- The reality we see in dreams is more true than what we understand.
- What can you take from it?
- Subconscious insights often reveal truths that logic misses.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What truths have you ignored in favor of logic?
- How do you interpret your dreams?
Another view
Dreams can also be misleading or entirely fictional.
More from Franz Kafka
Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
Permalink to quote #106 The experience of life consists of the experience which the spirit has of itself in matter and as matter, in mind and as mind, in emotion, as emotion, etc.
Permalink to quote #108 Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.
Permalink to quote #105
Related quotes
One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our …
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau quote #10 A painter paints the appearance of things, not their objective correctness, in fact he creates new appearances of things.
Ernst Ludwig KirchnerErnst Ludwig Kirchner quote #1 The whole concept of this band is to present the ugly truth about society - warts and all, and let the chips fall where they may.
Marilyn MansonMarilyn Manson quote #3