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title: "5 Forgetfulness Self Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [Humility is the forgetfulness of self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-keating/humility-is-the-forgetfulness-of-self/)

[Thomas Keating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-keating/)

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> [“At the bottom of the modern man there is always a great thirst for self-forgetfulness, self-distraction; he has a secret horror of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-fr-d-ric-amiel/at-the-bottom-of-the-modern-man-there-is-always-a-great-thirst-for/)

[Henri-Frédéric Amiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-fr-d-ric-amiel/)

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> [At the bottom of the modern man there is always a great thirst for self-forgetfulness, self-distraction . . . and therefore he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-frederic-amiel/at-the-bottom-of-the-modern-man-there-is-always-a-great-thirst-for-2/)

[Henri Frederic Amiel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-frederic-amiel/)

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> [Charm lies in complete forgetfulness of self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margery-wilson/charm-lies-in-complete-forgetfulness-of-self/)

[Margery Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margery-wilson/)

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> [Forgetfulness of self is remembrance of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bayazid-bastami/forgetfulness-of-self-is-remembrance-of-god/)

[Bayazid Bastami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bayazid-bastami/)

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