Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces. Marcel Proust on alone
It is in moments of illness that we are compelled to recognize that we live not alone but chained to a creature of a different kingdom, whole worlds apart, who has no knowledge of us and by whom it is impossible to make ourselves understood: our body. Marcel Proust on alone
Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees. Marcel Proust on art
A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves. Marcel Proust on change
Words do not change their meanings so drastically in the course of centuries as, in our minds, names do in the course of a year or two. Marcel Proust on change
A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it. Marcel Proust on communication
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. Marcel Proust on freedom
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust on friendship
Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and composed our masterpieces. Marcel Proust on great
Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. Marcel Proust on happiness
Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible. Marcel Proust on happiness
Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination. Marcel Proust on imagination
Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way. Marcel Proust on intelligence
Three-quarters of the sicknesses of intelligent people come from their intelligence. They need at least a doctor who can understand this sickness. Marcel Proust on intelligence
It is in moments of illness that we are compelled to recognize that we live not alone but chained to a creature of a different kingdom, whole worlds apart, who has no knowledge of us and by whom it is impossible to make ourselves understood: our body. Marcel Proust on knowledge
Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only pain we obey. Marcel Proust on knowledge
Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only pain we obey. Marcel Proust on medical
Three-quarters of the sicknesses of intelligent people come from their intelligence. They need at least a doctor who can understand this sickness. Marcel Proust on medical
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. Marcel Proust on men
Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination. Marcel Proust on men