The time which we have at our disposal every day is elastic; the passions we feel expand it, those that we inspire contract it, and habit fills up what remains

Quote by Marcel Proust

Topics: Passion Quotes, Time Quotes

Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way.

Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way.

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

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

We are able to find everything in our memory, which is like a dispensary or...

We are able to find everything in our memory, which is like a dispensary or...

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...

Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we...

Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we...

Your soul is a dark forest. But the trees are of a particular species, they...

Your soul is a dark forest. But the trees are of a particular species, they...

Let us leave the beautiful women to men with no imagination

Let us leave the beautiful women to men with no imagination

People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot...

People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot...

In theory one is aware that the earth revolves, but in practice one does not...

In theory one is aware that the earth revolves, but in practice one does not...

It has been said that beauty brings a promise of happiness, but it could be...

It has been said that beauty brings a promise of happiness, but it could be...

Words do not change their meanings so drastically in the course of centuries as, in...

Words do not change their meanings so drastically in the course of centuries as, in...

It is in moments of illness that we are compelled to recognize that we live...

It is in moments of illness that we are compelled to recognize that we live...

In reality, in love there is a permanent suffering which joy neutralizes, renders virtual, delays,...

In reality, in love there is a permanent suffering which joy neutralizes, renders virtual, delays,...

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

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

The bonds that unite another person to our self exist only in our mind.

The bonds that unite another person to our self exist only in our mind.

Those whose suffering is due to love are, as we say of certain invalids, their...

Those whose suffering is due to love are, as we say of certain invalids, their...

People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot...

People wish to learn to swim and at the same time to keep one foot...

Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of...

Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of...

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is...

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is...

Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your...

Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your...

It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the...

It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the...