“Wisdom remembers. Happiness forgets.”

“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.”

“Memory and forgetfulness are as life and death to one another. To live is to remember and to remember is to live. To die is to forget and to forget is to die.”

“There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge, and wisdom. Shall we, instead, choose death, because we cannot forget our quarrels? We appeal as human beings to human beings: Remember your humanity, and forget the rest. If you can do so, the way lies open to a new Paradise; if you cannot, there lies before you the risk of universal death.”

“To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius.”

“You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.”

“You forget what you want to remember and remember what you would prefer to forget.”

“Forget that I remember
And dream that I forget.”

“It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.”

“When you remembered to forget, you were remembering. It was when you forgot to forget that you forgot.”