Under each station of the real, another glimmers. Marcel Proust More Quotes by Marcel Proust More Quotes From Marcel Proust The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. Marcel Proust positive inspirational life 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. Marcel Proust miracle waiting long Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust happy happiness friendship Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were. Marcel Proust remembrance memories past The bonds between ourselves and another person exists only in our minds. Memory as it grows fainter loosens them, and notwithstanding the illusion by which we want to be duped and which, out of love, friendship, politeness, deference, duty, we dupe other people, we exist alone. Man is the creature who cannot escape from himself, who knows other people only in himself, and when he asserts the contrary, he is lying. Marcel Proust men memories lying My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing. Marcel Proust new-ways destination way 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. Marcel Proust catching succeed chance 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 im-sorry wisdom wise If we are to make reality endurable, we must all nourish a fantasy or two. Marcel Proust fantasy two reality One must never miss an opportunity of quoting things by others which are always more interesting than those one thinks up oneself. Marcel Proust opportunity interesting thinking Instead of seeking new landscapes, develop new eyes. Marcel Proust eye wisdom wise Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. Marcel Proust depression happiness sympathy When the mind has a tendency to dream, it is a mistake to keep dreams away from it, to ration its dreams. So long as you distract your mind from its dreams, it will not know them for what they are; you will always be being taken in by the appearance of things, because you will not have grasped their true nature. If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time. One must have a thorough understanding of one Marcel Proust taken dream mistake We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full. Marcel Proust healed suffering grieving People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground. Marcel Proust leadership time sports Sometimes in this life, under the stress of an exceptional emotion, people do say what they think. Marcel Proust stress honesty thinking There is no more ridiculous custom than the one that makes you express sympathy once and for all on a given day to a person whose sorrow will endure as long as his life. Such grief, felt in such a way is always present, it is never too late to talk about it, never repetitious to mention it again. Marcel Proust sorrow grief long Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade. Marcel Proust fades possession desire Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life. Marcel Proust patches sky trying We think and name in one world, we live and feel in another. Marcel Proust philosophy art thinking
