„When you have money in hand, only you forget who are you. But when you do not have any money in your hand, the whole world forget who you are. It's life.“
— Bill Gates American business magnate and philanthropist 1955
Quotes about forgetting
A collection of quotes on the topic of forgetting.
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„Forgiving is not forgetting; its actually remembering--remembering and not using your right to hit back. Its a second chance for a new beginning. And the remembering part is particularly important. Especially if you dont want to repeat what happened.“
— Desmond Tutu South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner 1931
„The Declaration of Independence states that the Creator gave man the right to liberty. It seems man can realize that liberty only if he does not forget the One who endowed him with it.“
— Václav Havel playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and 1st President of the Czech Republic 1936 - 2011
The Need for Transcendence in the Postmodern World (1994)
„Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.“
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr. American writer 1940
Source: Life's Little Instruction Book: 511 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life
„I know that life is a doorway to eternity, and yet my heart so often gets lost in petty anxieties. It forgets the great way home that lies before it.“
— Sophie Scholl White Rose member 1921 - 1943
As quoted in Sophie Scholl: The Real Story of the Woman who Defied Hitler (2009) by Frank McDonough
Context: I know that life is a doorway to eternity, and yet my heart so often gets lost in petty anxieties. It forgets the great way home that lies before it. Unprepared, given over to childish trivialities, it could be taken by surprise when the great hour comes and find that, for the sake of piffling pleasures, the one great joy has been missed. I am aware of this, but my heart is not. It seems unteachable; it continues its dreaming … always wavering between joy and depression.
„Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.“
— Iris Murdoch British writer and philosopher 1919 - 1999
„Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.“
— Robert Jordan American writer 1948 - 2007
Thom Merrilin
(15 October 1991)
„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“
— E.E. Cummings American poet 1894 - 1962
„But let us not forget that human love and compassion are equally deeply rooted in our primate heritage, and in this sphere too our sensibilities are of a higher order of magnitude than those of chimpanzees.“
— Jane Goodall British primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist 1934
Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe (2000), p. 215
„To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius.“
— Joyce Cary Irish writer 1888 - 1957
„The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.“
— Thomas Szasz Hungarian psychiatrist 1920 - 2012
"Personal Conduct" http://books.google.com/books?id=IYOcAQAAQBAJ&q=%22The+stupid+neither+forgive+nor+forget+the+na%C3%AFve+forgive+and+forget+the+wise+forgive+but+do+not+forget%22&pg=PA177#v=onepage, p. 51. http://openlibrary.org/works/OL15151528W/The_Second_Sin
The Second Sin (1973)
„No matter how far you go, don't ever forget where you came from. You were born there for a reason, so make sure to return and change the world“
— Cornelius Keagon Liberian humanitarian aid worker 1996
„There are but three events in a man's life: birth, life and death. He is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live.“
— Jean de La Bruyère, book Les Caractères
Il n'y a pour l'homme que trois événements: naître, vivre et mourir. Il ne se sent pas naître, il souffre à mourir, et il oublie de vivre.
Aphorism 48
Les Caractères (1688), De l'Homme
„This time I wouldn't forget him, because I couldn't ever forgive him - for breaking my heart twice.“
— James Patterson, book Sundays at Tiffany's
Source: Sundays at Tiffany's
„Do not feel ashamed to forgive and forget.“
— Ali, book Nahj al-Balagha
Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 53: An order to Malik Al-Ashtar
Variant: The best deed of a great man is to forgive and forget.
„Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives. Forgetting loses the lesson.“
— Paulo Coelho Brazilian lyricist and novelist 1947
„Man forgets. God forgives. Man forgets God's Truth. God forgives man's ignorance.“
— Sri Chinmoy Indian writer and guru 1931 - 2007
Songs of the Soul (1971)