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The creation of the world did not occur at the beginning of time, it occurs every day.

Marcel Proust

We 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.
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Discover Journey Learning View Wisdom World
We are at times too ready to believe that the present is the only possible state of things.
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Believe Mindset Philosophy Possible
The only paradise is paradise lost.
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Lost Paradise
Even though our lives wander, our memories remain in one place.
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Memories Oneself Place
In love, happiness is an abnormal state.
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Happiness Love
Time, which changes people, does not alter the image we have retained of them.
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Change People Time
Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.
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Body Depression Grief Happiness Mindset Power Sympathy
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
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Discover Eyes Inspirational Life Philosophy
We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond.
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Afraid Lying Motivational Success Truth
The bonds that unite us to another human being are sanctified when he or she adopts the same point of view as ourselves in judging one of our imperfections.
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Imperfection Judgement View
Do not wait for life. Do not long for it. Be aware, always and at every moment, that the miracle is in the here and now.
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Life Moments Wait
We love only what we do not wholly possess.
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Human Love Nature
All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.
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Decision Entrepreneur Ourselves
The highest praise of God consists in the denial of him by the atheist who finds creation so perfect that it can dispense with a creator.
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Atheist Creation Perfection
The fixity of a habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.
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Habit Mad Proportion
When you work to please others you can’t succeed, but the things you do to satisfy yourself stand a chance of catching someone’s interest.
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Chance Satisfaction Success

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