Castles In The Air Quotes

“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden or, Life in the Woods

“Felix had gone to live in a lotus land of his imagination. Where what is desired is dreamed of as already happened, where obstacles dissolve under the weight of desire, and where reality has vanished entirely.”
― Iain Pears, The Dream of Scipio

“Castles in the air—they are so easy to take refuge in. And easy to build, too. (The Master Builder, act 3)”
― Henrik Ibsen, Henrik Ibsen: Four Major Plays

“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”
― HENRY DAVID THOREAU WALDEN

“To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.”
― Richard Whately

“And the palace perched high in the woods will be more beautiful for those who see it from the valley than for those who, imprisoned in its rooms, forget it.
I take comfort in these reflections, since I can't take comfort in life.”
― Fernando Pessoa