As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress.
MARCEL PROUSTAs long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress.
MARCEL PROUSTWe do not receive wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can make for us, which no one can spare us, for our wisdom is the point of view from which we come at last to regard the world.
MARCEL PROUSTReading is that fruitful miracle of a communication in the midst of solitude.
MARCEL PROUSTThe courage of one’s opinions is always a form of calculating cowardice in the eyes of the other side.
MARCEL PROUSTYou can’t learn the truth about a man’s intentions by asking him.
MARCEL PROUSTIn love, happiness is an abnormal state.
MARCEL PROUSTMy destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing.
MARCEL PROUSTDear Friend: I have nearly died three times since morning.
MARCEL PROUSTIt has been said that beauty is a promise of happiness. Conversely, the possibility of pleasure can be a beginning of beauty.
MARCEL PROUSTNo man is a complete mystery except to himself.
MARCEL PROUSTThe only paradise is paradise lost.
MARCEL PROUSTYour soul is a dark forest. But the trees are of a particular species, they are genealogical trees.
MARCEL PROUSTIt comes so soon, the moment when there is nothing left to wait for.
MARCEL PROUSTThe bonds that unite another person to our self exist only in our mind.
MARCEL PROUSTAn hour is not merely an hour, it is a vase full of scents and sounds and projects and climates.
MARCEL PROUSTEven though our lives wander, our memories remain in one place.
MARCEL PROUST