Instead of seeking new landscapes, develop new eyes.
Marcel Proust
Landscapes, Eyes, New Perspectives, Changed Vision, Personal Growth, Transformative Insight
Marcel Proust’s Quotes On Topics
Truth Contrast | Celestial Beauty | Heartache Burden | Thought Habit | Countries | Sentences | Burning | Identity Shift | Another | Intentional Shift | Truth Variance | Last Hope | Life Impact | Painful Contrast | Smile | Intellectual Game | Emotional Evolution | Powers | Aesthetic Control | God Denial | More
More Marcel Proust Quotes
“The whole art of living is to use the people who make us suffer simply as steps enabling us to obtain access to their divine form and thus joyfully to people our lives with divinities.” Marcel Proust
Art, Living, Suffering Steps, Divine Form, Joyful Connections, Transcendent Growth
Marcel Proust Art, Living, Suffering Steps, Divine Form, Joyful Connections, Transcendent Growth“I wished to see storms only on those coasts where they raged with most violence...” Marcel Proust
Storms, Coasts, Raging Violence, Nature’s Fury, Intense Desire, Raw Power
Marcel Proust Storms, Coasts, Raging Violence, Nature’s Fury, Intense Desire, Raw Power“After a certain age, the more one becomes oneself, the more obvious one’s family traits become.” Marcel Proust
Age, Self, Family Traits, Obvious Characteristics, Generational Reflection, Personal Evolution
Marcel Proust Age, Self, Family Traits, Obvious Characteristics, Generational Reflection, Personal Evolution“Saddened by the misfortune of the Jews, remembering his friendship with Christians, increasingly mannered and affected as time went on for reasons to be revealed in due course, he now looked like a pre-Raphaelite worm on to which hairs had been indecently grafted, like threads in the depths of an opal.” Marcel Proust
Misfortune, Jews, Friendship Christians, Pre-Raphaelite Look, Affected Behavior, Historical Reflection
Marcel Proust Misfortune, Jews, Friendship Christians, Pre-Raphaelite Look, Affected Behavior, Historical Reflection“People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot on the ground.” Marcel Proust
Swimming, Foot Ground, Emotional Balance, Learning Journey, Limit Exploration, Stability Struggle
Marcel Proust Swimming, Foot Ground, Emotional Balance, Learning Journey, Limit Exploration, Stability Struggle“A little insomnia is not without its value in making us appreciate sleep, in throwing a ray of light upon that darkness.” Marcel Proust
Insomnia, Sleep, Darkness, Value, Restless Nights, Hidden Appreciation
Marcel Proust Insomnia, Sleep, Darkness, Value, Restless Nights, Hidden Appreciation“Things don’t change, but by and by our wishes change.” Marcel Proust
Unchanging World, Evolving Desires, Emotional Adjustment, Perceptual Shift, Growth Journey, Desire Transformation
Marcel Proust Unchanging World, Evolving Desires, Emotional Adjustment, Perceptual Shift, Growth Journey, Desire Transformation“What we feel is the only thing that exists for us, and we project it into the past, into the future, without letting ourselves be stopped by the fictitious barriers of death.” Marcel Proust
Feelings, Existence, Past Projection, Future Emotions, Fictitious Barriers, Beyond Death
Marcel Proust Feelings, Existence, Past Projection, Future Emotions, Fictitious Barriers, Beyond Death“When from a long distant past nothing subsists after the things are broken and scattered, the smell and taste of things remain.” Marcel Proust
Smell, Taste, Distant Past, Sensory Memory, Nostalgic Fragments, Emotional Triggers
Marcel Proust Smell, Taste, Distant Past, Sensory Memory, Nostalgic Fragments, Emotional Triggers“There is not a woman in the world the possession of whom is as precious as that of the truths which she reveals to us by causing us to suffer.” Marcel Proust
Woman, Truth, Precious Revelation, Emotional Suffering, Human Bond, Love’s Lessons
Marcel Proust Woman, Truth, Precious Revelation, Emotional Suffering, Human Bond, Love’s Lessons“Truth is a point of view about things.” Marcel Proust
Truth View, Subjective Reality, Perspective Shift, Emotional Perception, Philosophical Inquiry, Belief Structure
Marcel Proust Truth View, Subjective Reality, Perspective Shift, Emotional Perception, Philosophical Inquiry, Belief Structure“A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.” Marcel Proust
Idea, Strength, Power, Challenge, Conceptual Energy, Intellectual Debate
Marcel Proust Idea, Strength, Power, Challenge, Conceptual Energy, Intellectual Debate“No doubt, having developed the habit, out of idleness, of each day putting off my work until the day after, I thought that death could be dealt with in the same way.” Marcel Proust
Procrastination, Idleness, Death Thoughts, Habitual Delay, Life Lessons, Reflection
Marcel Proust Procrastination, Idleness, Death Thoughts, Habitual Delay, Life Lessons, Reflection“In theory one is aware that the earth revolves, but in practice one does not perceive it, the ground upon which one treads seems not to move, and one can live undisturbed. So it is with Time in one’s life.” Marcel Proust
Time, Theory, Earth Movement, Practical Perception, Life Continuity, Hidden Flow
Marcel Proust Time, Theory, Earth Movement, Practical Perception, Life Continuity, Hidden Flow“Nature hardly seems capable of giving us any but quite short illnesses. But medicine has annexed to itself the art of prolonging them.” Marcel Proust
Nature, Illness, Short Duration, Prolonged Medicine, Health Paradox, Human Intervention
Marcel Proust Nature, Illness, Short Duration, Prolonged Medicine, Health Paradox, Human Intervention“Laissons les jolies femmes aux hommes sans imagination. Leave the pretty women for the men without imagination.” Marcel Proust
Women, Imagination, Pretty Choices, Surface Attraction, Depth Preference, Witty Perspective
Marcel Proust Women, Imagination, Pretty Choices, Surface Attraction, Depth Preference, Witty Perspective“A picture’s beauty does not depend on the things portrayed in it.” Marcel Proust
Picture, Beauty, Independent Art, Subjective Appeal, Artistic Value, Visual Interpretation
Marcel Proust Picture, Beauty, Independent Art, Subjective Appeal, Artistic Value, Visual Interpretation“Every woman feels that the greater her power over a man, the more impossible it is to leave him except by sudden flight: a fugitive precisely because a queen.” Marcel Proust
Power, Woman, Sudden Flight, Queenly Strength, Emotional Struggles, Relationship Dynamics
Marcel Proust Power, Woman, Sudden Flight, Queenly Strength, Emotional Struggles, Relationship Dynamics