A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.

Quote by Marcel Proust

Topics: Challenge Quotes, Ideas Quotes

There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth...

There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth...

There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth...

There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth...

Our passions shape our books, repose writes them in the intervals.

Our passions shape our books, repose writes them in the intervals.

A woman one loves rarely suffices for all our needs, so we deceive her with...

A woman one loves rarely suffices for all our needs, so we deceive her with...

Our intonations contain our philosophy of life, what each of us is constantly telling himself...

Our intonations contain our philosophy of life, what each of us is constantly telling himself...

We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.

We must never be afraid to go too far, for success lies just beyond.

Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.

Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.

Love is space and time measured by the heart.

Love is space and time measured by the heart.

Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that...

Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that...

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

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

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

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

In a separation it is the one who is not really in love who says...

In a separation it is the one who is not really in love who says...

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no...

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no...

Time, which changes people, does not alter the image we have retained of them

Time, which changes people, does not alter the image we have retained of them

It is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions

It is always during a passing state of mind that we make lasting resolutions

No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us...

No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us...

In a separation it is the one who is not really in love who says...

In a separation it is the one who is not really in love who says...

I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that...

I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that...

The difference between a divorce and a legal separation is that a legal separation gives...

The difference between a divorce and a legal separation is that a legal separation gives...

Such silence has an actual sound, the sound of disappearance.

Such silence has an actual sound, the sound of disappearance.