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)