Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust
Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proustwas a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental novel À la recherche du temps perdu, published in seven parts between 1913 and 1927. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest authors...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth10 July 1871
CountryFrance
art world thanks
Thanks to art, instead of seeing one world, our own, we see it multiplied and as many original artists as there are, so many worlds are at our disposal.
spiritual order touching
And wasn't my mind also like another crib in the depths of which I felt I remained ensconced, even in order to watch what was happening outside? When I saw an external object, my awareness that I was seeing it would remain between me and it, lining it with a thin spiritual border that prevented me from ever directly touching its substance; it would volatize in some way before I could make contact with it, just as an incandescent body brought near a wet object never touches its moisture because it is always preceded by a zone of evaporation.
wise wisdom im-sorry
We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.
succeed chance catching
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.
freedom science men
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.
religion world neurosis
Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces.
way destination seeing
My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing.
honesty stress thinking
Sometimes in this life, under the stress of an exceptional emotion, people do say what they think.
inspirational life positive
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
long waiting miracle
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.
friendship happiness happy
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.