Quote by Emile Durkheim
Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered i

Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations reality is therefore abandoned. – Emile Durkheim

Other quotes by Emile Durkheim

Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, and the pleasure taken in them naturally has a somewhat melancholy character. – Emile Durkheim

Category:
Sadness
Read Quote

From top to bottom of the ladder, greed is aroused without knowing where to find ultimate foothold. Nothing can calm it, since its goal is far beyond all it can attain. Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore abandoned. – Emile Durkheim

Category:
Greed
Read Quote

Each victim of suicide gives his act a personal stamp which expresses his temperament, the special conditions in which he is involved, and which, consequently, cannot be explained by the social and general causes of the phenomenon. – Emile Durkheim

Category:
Suicide
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Dreams
category

The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind. – Sigmund Freud

Category:
Dreams

Dreams are illusions, and we cant let go of them because we would be dead. – David Copperfield

Category:
Dreams

Happiness is making your dreams come true. – Jourdan Dunn

Category:
Dreams

Youth is in a grand flush, like the hot days of ending summer and pleasant dreams thrall your spirit, like the smoky atmosphere that bathes the landscape of an August day. – Donald G. Mitchell

Category:
Dreams

Random Quotes

Men may yearn for peace, cry for peace, and work for peace, but there will be no peace until they follow the path pointed out by the Living Christ. He is the true light of mens lives. – David O. McKay

Category:
Peace

The only love affair I have ever had was with music. – Maurice Ravel

Category:
Music

Not that it entirely matters: There is a perception that all actors make their movies. A lot of people assume youre responsible. George Clooney told me actors get all of the blame and all the credit. – Ben Affleck

Category:
movies

All money means to me is a pride in accomplishment. – Ray Kroc

Category:
Money