Marcel Proust Quotes

Nine tenths of the ills from which intelligent people suffer spring from their intellect.

Marcel Proust

Quotes to Explore

I think the silences we have on some issues are inductive of the fact that we need to write about them more, but I think there are some issues you have to write in a sensitive way and in a way that respects the reality of the situation. If you can't do that, you should leave them alone.

Irvine Welsh
- Think
- Reality
- Alone
If God had sufficient wisdom and power to construct such a beautiful world as this, then we must admit that his wisdom and power are immeasurably greater than that of man, and hence he is qualified to reign as king.

Orson Pratt
- World
- God
- Power
It is commonly thought that everything that is can be put into words. But there is a wide range of emotional response that we make that cannot be put into words. We are so used to making these emotional responses that we are not consciously aware of them till they are represented in art work.

Agnes Martin
- Work
- Art
- Words
The life you want is waiting to rise up to meet you ... Will you accept it? Do you feel worthy enough to accept it?

Oprah Winfrey
- Life
- Up
- Waiting
I don't feel like I have to please anyone. I feel free. I feel like I'm an adult. I'm grown. I can do what I want. I can say what I want. I can retire if I want. That's why I've worked hard.

Beyonce Destiny's Child
- Why
- Free
- Feels
I'm just giving you some spiel, the ludicrous plot of a novel, a story I invented to touch your heart—one-third bullshit, one-third booze, and one-third genuine tenderness, you know the kind of thing.

Antonio Lobo Antunes
- Heart
- Giving
- Novel