It does not matter much whom we live with in this world, but it matters a great deal whom we dream of.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Physical companionship matters less than the ideals or people you aspire to in your dreams. What you imagine shapes you more than who you live with.
- In plain terms
- Who you dream of matters more than who you live with.
- What can you take from it?
- Dreams shape character more than daily company.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who do you dream of?
- How much do dreams shape reality?
Another view
It undervalues the impact of daily interaction on habit formation.
More from Willa Cather
No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person. Two people, when they love each other, grow alike in their tastes and habits and pride, but…
Permalink to quote #1 The world there was the flat world of the ancients; to the east, a cornfield that stretched to daybreak; to the west, a corral that reached to the sunset; betw…
Permalink to quote #3 The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young.
Permalink to quote #4
Related quotes
If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you.
Ray BradburyRay Bradbury quote #40 I am a wife-made man
Danny KayeDanny Kaye quote #1 I will repeat what I once said to Guillaume Apollinaire: 'For my part I have never avoided the influence of others. I would have considered it cowardice and a …
Henri MatisseHenri Matisse quote #2