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

Quote by Marcel Proust

Topics: Marcel Proust Quotes

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...

I perceived that to express those impressions, to write that essential book, which is the...

I perceived that to express those impressions, to write that essential book, which is the...

A fashionable milieu is one in which everybody's opinion is made up of the opinion...

A fashionable milieu is one in which everybody's opinion is made up of the opinion...

We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire...

We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire...

People can have many different kinds of pleasure. The real one is that for which...

People can have many different kinds of pleasure. The real one is that for which...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and...

Everything great in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded our religions and...

Love is a reciprocal torture.

Love is a reciprocal torture.

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

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

Lies are essential to humanity. They are perhaps as important as the pursuit of pleasure...

Lies are essential to humanity. They are perhaps as important as the pursuit of pleasure...

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...

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...

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...

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

And How and Where and Who.

And How and Where and Who.

There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in...

There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in...

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control...

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control...

Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self-assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and,...

Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self-assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and,...