Wisdom Quote by Marcel Proust — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Reading is at the threshold of the spiritual life; it can introduce us to it. It does not constitute it ... There are certain cases of spiritual depression in which reading can become a sort of curative discipline ... reintroducing a lazy mind into the life of the Spirit.”

“Love is space and time measured by the heart.”

“When one feels oneself smitten by love for a woman, one ought to say to oneself, “What are her surroundings? What has been her life? All one’s future happiness lies in the answer.”

“I think that life would suddenly seem wonderful to us if we were threatened to die as you say. Just think of how many projects, travels, love affairs, studies, it–our life–hides from us, made invisible by our laziness which, certain of a future, delays them incessantly.”

“We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.”

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

“The ordinary man gets motivation from power and fame. The superior finds motivation in meaning and work itself.”

“We do learn and develop when we are exposed to those who are greater than we are. Perhaps this is the chief way we mature.”

“Give me the facts and I will determine my own truths.”

“The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason.”

“I would much rather be considered wise than smart. But, I still think it is wise to get an education.”

“for a woman knows the face of the man she loves like a sailor knows the open sea”