Our desires cut across one another, and in this confused existence it is rare for happiness to coincide with the desire that clamoured for it. 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 positiveinspirationallife 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 miraclewaitinglong Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust happyhappinessfriendship Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were. Marcel Proust remembrancememoriespast 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 menmemorieslying My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing. Marcel Proust new-waysdestinationway 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 catchingsucceedchance 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-sorrywisdomwise If we are to make reality endurable, we must all nourish a fantasy or two. Marcel Proust fantasytworeality One must never miss an opportunity of quoting things by others which are always more interesting than those one thinks up oneself. Marcel Proust opportunityinterestingthinking Instead of seeking new landscapes, develop new eyes. Marcel Proust eyewisdomwise Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. Marcel Proust depressionhappinesssympathy 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 takendreammistake We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full. Marcel Proust healedsufferinggrieving People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground. Marcel Proust leadershiptimesports Sometimes in this life, under the stress of an exceptional emotion, people do say what they think. Marcel Proust stresshonestythinking 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 sorrowgrieflong Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade. Marcel Proust fadespossessiondesire Always try to keep a patch of sky above your life. Marcel Proust patchesskytrying We think and name in one world, we live and feel in another. Marcel Proust philosophyartthinking
