Existence Quote by Anonymous

Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition of our existence. If the lore of…

— Sholem Asch

The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.

— Milan Kundera

For I regard memory not as a phenomenon preserving one thing and losing another merely by chance, but as a power that deliberately places…

— Stefan Zweig

The very effort to forget teaches us to remember.

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

The existence of forgetting has never been proved: We only know that some things don't come to mind when we want them.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“The existence of forgetting has never been proved: we only know that some things do not come to our mind when we want them…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Remembering the past gives power to the present.

— Fae Myenne Ng

In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important as remembering.

— William James

Forgetting and remembering are governed by laws, but we cannot find out what they are.

— Mason Cooley

Memory has no power but what the soul chooses to make of it.

— Carol Berg

Remembered memory is much more powerful than actually having your own memory.

— Roma Tearne

“Remembering and Forgetting You have not forgotten to remember; You have remembered to forget. But people can forget to forget. That is just as…

— Idries Shah