“For us, forgetting was never an option. Remembering is a noble and necessary act.”

“Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.”

“It seems to me that kings — and queens — can be fools when they forget what they are and act like who they are, but they’re worse when they only remember what they are and forget who.”

“Choices will continually be necessary and -- let us not forget -- possible. Obedience to God is always possible. It is a deadly error to fall into the notion that when feelings are extremely strong we can do nothing but act on them.”

“That was a great time, the summer of '71 - I can't remember it, but I'll never forget it!”

“You have not forgotten to remember;
You have remembered to forget.
But people can forget to forget. That is just as important as remembering to remember - and generally more practical.”

“History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of greatness.”

“in time of daffodils(who know
the goal of living is to grow)
forgetting why, remember how

in time of lilacs who proclaim
the aim of waking is to dream,
remember so(forgetting seem)

in time of roses(who amaze
our now and here with paradise)
forgetting if, remember yes

in time of all sweet things beyond
whatever mind may comprehend,
remember seek(forgetting find)

and in a mystery to be
(when time from time shall set us free)
forgetting me, remember me”

“A noble spirit finds a cure for injustice in forgetting it.”

“Luiza (his oldest daughter) expressed this option. That, remember, is personal.”