The creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but takes place every day.

Friendship, according to Proust, is the negation of that irremediable solitude to which every human being is condemned.

Memory and Habit are attributes of the Time cancer. They control the most simple Proustian episode, and an understanding of their mechanism must precede any particular analysis of their application.

Curiosity is the hair of our habit tending to stand on end. It rarely happens that our attention is not stained in greater or lesser degree by this animal element.

Making a difference is a point of view. For a universe, you can be a simple individual. But for some individual, you can transform "your universe".

The intelligent ruler makes the law select men and makes no arbitrary appointment himself he makes the law measure merits and makes no arbitrary judgment himself.

What makes men happy is liking what they have to do. This is a principle on which society is not founded

I don't know Putin. He said nice things about me. If we got along well, that would be good.

There's a spiritual bond that connects all Souls: human, animal, and lower forms of life.

God never put anyone in a place too small to grow in.

You think you're so cool just because you can walk!

Americans are not saving enough for retirement.

The most important thing my father taught me is that every man has to stand up for his rights.