--- title: "9 Forgetting Yourself Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Forgetting Yourself quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Forgetting Yourself sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/483/rajneesh-54_communication_listening-means-forgetting-yourself-comp_273680.jpg" --- > [Listening means forgetting yourself completely - only then can you listen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/listening-means-forgetting-yourself-completely-only-then-can-you/) [Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/483/rajneesh-54_communication_listening-means-forgetting-yourself-comp_273680.jpg) > [The real betrayal is forgetting yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-real-betrayal-is-forgetting-yourself/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/anonymous-1_betrayal_the-real-betrayal-is-forgetting-yourself_1875801.jpg) > [It's only by forgetting yourself that you draw near to God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/it-s-only-by-forgetting-yourself-that-you-draw-near-to-god/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/251/henry-david-thoreau-20_draws_it-s-only-by-forgetting-yourself-that-yo_1441943.jpg) > [As you go on forgetting yourself materially, just in the same proportion do spiritual peace and spiritual powers flow in towards you](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-you-go-on-forgetting-yourself-materially-just-in-the-same/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/anonymous-1_inspirational_as-you-go-on-forgetting-yourself-materia_860628.jpg) > [“Amuse yourself, torment your desires. Drink when you're thirsty -- that would be very much too simple! If you didn't harbour a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/amuse-yourself-torment-your-desires-drink-when-you-re-thirsty-that/) [Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b6/jean-paul-sartre-220_desire_amuse-yourself-torment-your-desires-drin_2815829.png) > [“What's the best part of acting? It's the indescribable feeling of being someone you are and someone your not, all at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-coppernoll/what-s-the-best-part-of-acting-it-s-the-indescribable-feeling-of/) [Chris Coppernoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-coppernoll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/248/chris-coppernoll-39810_acting_what-s-the-best-part-of-acting-it-s-the_1568298.jpg) > [I think acting is about forgetting yourself in order to give the best of yourself. It's passing through you more than you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juliette-binoche/i-think-acting-is-about-forgetting-yourself-in-order-to-give-the-best/) [Juliette Binoche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juliette-binoche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a5/juliette-binoche-5042_acting_i-think-acting-is-about-forgetting-yours_478627.jpg) > [“And I loved the mountains, loved 'em like my own life. Nothing in the world could compare to a huge sky miles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchanan/and-i-loved-the-mountains-loved-em-like-my-own-life-nothing-in-the/) [James Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchanan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e91/james-buchanan-10944_life_and-i-loved-the-mountains-loved-em-like_1087469.jpg) > [“Nomi asked, “When did you know? When did you know that Lila was the one, and nobody else?” “People always ask themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anat-talshir/nomi-asked-when-did-you-know-when-did-you-know-that-lila-was-the-one/) [Anat Talshir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anat-talshir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ac/anat-talshir-44978_children_nomi-asked-when-did-you-know-when-did-yo_736979.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/forgetting-yourself/#itemlist", "name": "Forgetting Yourself Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Listening means forgetting yourself completely - only then can you listen.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rajneesh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/listening-means-forgetting-yourself-completely-only-then-can-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/483/rajneesh-54_communication_listening-means-forgetting-yourself-comp_273680.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/483/rajneesh-54_communication_listening-means-forgetting-yourself-comp_273680.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/483/rajneesh-54_communication_listening-means-forgetting-yourself-comp_273680.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Listening means forgetting yourself completely - only then can you listen.” — Rajneesh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The real betrayal is forgetting yourself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-real-betrayal-is-forgetting-yourself/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/anonymous-1_betrayal_the-real-betrayal-is-forgetting-yourself_1875801.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/anonymous-1_betrayal_the-real-betrayal-is-forgetting-yourself_1875801.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/anonymous-1_betrayal_the-real-betrayal-is-forgetting-yourself_1875801.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The real betrayal is forgetting yourself.” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's only by forgetting yourself that you draw near to God.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry David Thoreau" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/it-s-only-by-forgetting-yourself-that-you-draw-near-to-god/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/251/henry-david-thoreau-20_draws_it-s-only-by-forgetting-yourself-that-yo_1441943.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/251/henry-david-thoreau-20_draws_it-s-only-by-forgetting-yourself-that-yo_1441943.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/251/henry-david-thoreau-20_draws_it-s-only-by-forgetting-yourself-that-yo_1441943.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's only by forgetting yourself that you draw near to God.” — Henry David Thoreau", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As you go on forgetting yourself materially, just in the same proportion do spiritual peace and spiritual powers flow in towards you", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-you-go-on-forgetting-yourself-materially-just-in-the-same/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/anonymous-1_inspirational_as-you-go-on-forgetting-yourself-materia_860628.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/anonymous-1_inspirational_as-you-go-on-forgetting-yourself-materia_860628.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee5/anonymous-1_inspirational_as-you-go-on-forgetting-yourself-materia_860628.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As you go on forgetting yourself materially, just in the same proportion do spiritual peace and spiritual…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Amuse yourself, torment your desires. 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It’s as simple as that child running after the dog.” Nomi gazed at him without comprehending. “When you forget yourself,” he explained. “When your own wishes shrink. Forgetting yourself is a wonderful feeling, and with Lila, I forgot myself all the time. “Once,” he said, continuing, “we were meeting in Ein Karem. This is when we were already in our fifties. Lila arrived by taxi, and at a traffic light we found ourselves next to each other. When I saw her, I don’t know what happened to me. It was like my chest was bursting, I had to say it. I leaned out my window and said to the driver, ‘Tell her that I love her.’ He did. She blushed like a girl. Then the driver called back to me: ‘She loves the way you love her.’ “With her, I saw everything I did in a wonderful light that was sweet and bright: going to the market, filling the tank with gas, sitting in a movie theater. Whenever we came out of the long narrow hallway they always make you exit cinemas from, I would think that with her I’m forgiving; I always want the heroes of the film to fall in love and overcome their challenges and continue their love story. With her I was prepared to be taken anywhere and everywhere.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anat Talshir" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anat-talshir/nomi-asked-when-did-you-know-when-did-you-know-that-lila-was-the-one/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ac/anat-talshir-44978_children_nomi-asked-when-did-you-know-when-did-yo_736979.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ac/anat-talshir-44978_children_nomi-asked-when-did-you-know-when-did-yo_736979.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ac/anat-talshir-44978_children_nomi-asked-when-did-you-know-when-did-yo_736979.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Nomi asked, “When did you know? 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