Marcel Proust

discovery

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”

― Marcel Proust (1871-1922)

Happiness - grief

“Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.”

― Marcel Proust (1871-1922)

wisdom

“We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.”

― Marcel Proust (1871-1922)

pretty women

“Let us leave pretty women to men with no imagination.”

― Marcel Proust (1871-1922)

intellectuals

“Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way”

― Marcel Proust 1871-1922)

destination

“My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing.”

― Marcel Proust (1871-1922)

desire

“Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade. ”

― Marcel Proust (1871-1922)

habit absurdity

"The regularity of a habit is generally in proportion to its absurdity"

― Marcel Proust (1871-1922)