Habit is a second nature which prevents us from knowing the first, of which it has neither the cruelties nor the enchantments.
Marcel Proust

The only paradise is paradise lost.
Marcel Proust

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
Marcel Proust

All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.
Marcel Proust

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
Marcel Proust

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

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

We become moral when we are unhappy.
Marcel Proust