Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it has neither the cruelties nor the enchantments. Marcel Proust on nature
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 science
A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it. Marcel Proust on strength
Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. Marcel Proust on sympathy
If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time. Marcel Proust on time
The time at our disposal each day is elastic the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it. Marcel Proust on time
Love is space and time measured by the heart. Marcel Proust on time
Time, which changes people, does not alter the image we have retained of them. Marcel Proust on time
We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond. Marcel Proust on truth
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 on wisdom
Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination. Marcel Proust on women
Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the reader to discern what, without this book, he would perhaps never have seen in himself. Marcel Proust on work
A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves. Marcel Proust on change
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. Marcel Proust on happiness
Love is space and time measured by the heart. Marcel Proust on heart