“A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.”
Essays on Woman (1996), Problems of Women's Education (1932)
Context: The true Christian is not obliged to renounce the things of this world or to lessen his natural abilities. On the contrary, inasmuch as he incorporates them into his normal life in a disciplined manner, he develops and perfects them; he thereby ennobles the natural life itself, supplying efficacious values to it not only of the spiritual and eternal world but also of the material and earthly world.
Original: Avere la capacità di comunicare sempre agli altri ciò che si pensa, significa offrire loro una vera opportunità di fiducia.
Source: prevale.net
Robert Fludd, cited in: Waite (1887, p. 291); On arithmetic
Nem a juventude sabe o que pode nem a velhice pode o que sabe.
Source: The Cave (2000), p. 4 (Vintage 2003)
On meeting the challenges that life brings in “Interview: Jane Seymour on finding love again at 64” https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/interview-jane-seymour-on-finding-love-again-at-64-1-3911978 in The Scotsman (2015 Oct 10)
“Those who have the ability to be grateful are the ones who have the ability to achieve greatness.”
Source: Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010), p. 74
“I'm Michael Schumacher. I don't need to test my driving ability”
Schumacher (2004) in: " Barrichello on China pole http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/3688726.stm". BBC SPORT News, Saturday, 25 September, 2004, 06:58 GMT 07:58 UK
Response after as the BBC SPORT News put it "Rubens Barrichello has grabbed pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix after his Ferrari team-mate Michael Schumacher spun on his qualifying lap."
Yasmin Ahmad Personal Blog Introduction - Archived Account Page https://web.archive.org/web/20181126063521/https://www.blogger.com/profile/08042254853021235053
MTAS Production Article - Yasmin Ahmad https://mtasproduction.com/yasmin-ahmad/ - Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20210821091902/https://mtasproduction.com/yasmin-ahmad/
In Social Science and Knowledge in a Globalising World by Gareth Richards and Zawawi Ibrahim - Chapter 19, Pg. 439 - Remembering Yasmin Ahmad: Social Criticism and Forgiveness - A Tribute to Yasmin Ahmad https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287216758_Remembering_Yasmin_Ahmad_Social_Criticism_and_Forgiveness - January 2012 - Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20210821092949/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287216758_Remembering_Yasmin_Ahmad_Social_Criticism_and_Forgiveness
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