Marcel Proust

The fixity of a habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.

It is a mistake to speak of a bad choice in love, since as soon as a choice exists, it can only be bad.

There is no one, no matter how wise he is, who has not in his youth said things or done things that are so unpleasant to recall in later life that he would expunge them entirely from his memory if that were possible.

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

The one thing more difficult than following a regimen is not imposing it on others.

If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time.

All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.

The charms of a passing woman are usually in direct relation to the speed of her passing.

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

We are healed from suffering only by experiencing it to the full.

The real voyage of discovery consists, not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

The only paradise is paradise lost.
Marcel Proust - Les Plaisirs et les Jours (1896)
Desire makes everything blossom; possession makes everything wither and fade.

The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy: They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

The only paradise is paradise lost.

- Marcel Proust