“If you long for exceptional health, then try to forget about gaining wealth at the same time.”

“Trying to forget really doesn't work. In fact, it's pretty much the same as remembering. But I tried to forget anyway, and to ignore the fact that I was remembering you all the time.”

Rebecca Stead (1968) American children's writer

“To gain your own voice you have to forget about having it heard.”

Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997) American poet

“The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines.”

Anne Lamott (1954) Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist

“For those who wish for great worldly possessions, you must forget about having health and peace of mind too.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“The First wealth is health.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“Anyone can forget about talent, but if you're also a good person, your name will be remembered for a long time.”

Alex Rodriguez (1975) American baseball player

“Eat to live, health is wealth.”

Ralph Smart

“Trying to forget really doesn't work. In fact, it's pretty much the same as remembering.”

Rebecca Stead book When You Reach Me

“All we can do is keep applying the creosote, propping ourselves up with health and success, trying to keep the rain and the damp and the rot at bay for a little longer, trying to postpone the moment of complete collapse of abandonment for the same reason that one waits as long as possible for the alcoholic drink of the day: because the longer you leave it, the better it will feel.”

Geoff Dyer (1958) English writer