The human plagiarism which is most difficult to avoid, for individuals… is the plagiarism of ourselves. – Marcel Proust
Three-quarters of the sicknesses of intelligent people come from their intelligence. They need at least a doctor who can understand this sickness. – Marcel Proust
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. – Marcel Proust
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. – Marcel Proust
So long as I can stay mentally alert – inquiring, curious – I want to keep going. I love my wife and my children, but I dont want to sit around at home with them. We go on safaris and things like that. I can do that for a couple of weeks a year. Im just not ready to stop, to die. – Rupert Murdoch