Only by art can we get outside ourselves, instead of seeing only one world, our own, we see it under multiple forms.
MARCEL PROUSTOnly by art can we get outside ourselves, instead of seeing only one world, our own, we see it under multiple forms.
MARCEL PROUSTWhen from a long distant past nothing subsists after the things are broken and scattered, the smell and taste of things remain.
MARCEL PROUSTTime passes, and little by little everything that we have spoken in falsehood becomes true.
MARCEL PROUSTHappiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.
MARCEL PROUSTJust as those who practice the same profession recognize each other instinctively, so do those who practice the same vice.
MARCEL PROUSTDesire makes everything blossom.
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 love only what we do not wholly possess.
MARCEL PROUSTDo 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.
MARCEL PROUSTThe creation of the world did not occur at the beginning of time, it occurs every day.
MARCEL PROUSTAlways try to keep a patch of sky above your life.
MARCEL PROUSTAll our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.
MARCEL PROUSTIf a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time.
MARCEL PROUSTA picture’s beauty does not depend on the things portrayed in it.
MARCEL PROUSTNine tenths of the ills from which intelligent people suffer spring from their intellect.
MARCEL PROUSTIf we are to make reality endurable, we must all nourish a fantasy or two.
MARCEL PROUST