Forgetfulness Quotes

148 Forgetfulness quotes by 128 unique authors

She threw into the wine which they were drinking a drug which takes away grief and passion and brings forgetfulness of all ills — Homer
The greatness and efficacy of a magician is measured by his refusal to use magic. The true magician, the greatest, is the poorest and most… — Cesar Aira
Happiness lies in a large measure of self-forgetfulness, either in work . . . or in the love of others. ♥ — Everett Ruess
Spiritual realization is theoretically the easiest thing and in practice the most difficult thing there is. It is the easiest because it is enough to… — Frithjof Schuon
Composing gives me great pleasure... there is nothing that surpasses the joy of creation, if only because through it one wins hours of self-forgetfulness, when… — Clara Schumann
I worry sometimes that we're apt to confuse forgiveness with forgetfulness. The potency of forgiveness comes precisely from the fact that it must be done… — Unknown Author
Thyroid Panel (blood test)-Abnormal thyroid hormone levels are a common cause of anxiety, depression, forgetfulness, confusion, and lethargy. Having low thyroid levels decreases overall brain… — Daniel Amen
Levin delights in the forgetfulness that movement brings, where the pleasure of doing is marvellously foreign to the striving of the will. — Muriel Barbery
Charm is a cunning self-forgetfulness. — Christina Stead
A bad dream.To the person in the bell jar, blank and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is the bad dream.A bad dream.I… — Sylvia Plath
Evil company is always to be shunned; because it leads to lust and anger, illusion, forgetfulness of the goal, destruction of the will (lack of… — Swami Vivekananda
We live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia. — Angela Davis
The man who forgets does not forgive, he only loses the remembrance; forgiveness is the offspring of a noble heart, of a generous mind, whilst… — Giacomo Casanova
Memory embellishes Life. Forgetfulness makes it possible. — Romare Bearden
There comes a time, in the history of Nations when fear and forgetfulness cause a nation to hesitate, to waver and perhaps even to succumb.… — Rand Paul
Attachment is the state of ignorance or forgetfulness, and thus clinging to a memory of enjoyment — Goswami Kriyananda
The perfection of His relation to us swallows up all our imperfections, all our defeats, all our evils; for our childhood is born of His… — George MacDonald
Many of the ugly pages of American history have been obscured and forgotten. A society is always eager to cover misdeeds with a cloak of… — Martin Luther
At the bottom of the modern man there is always a great thirst for self-forgetfulness, self-distraction . . . and therefore he turns away from… — Henri Frederic Amiel
We survive until, by sheer stamina, we escape into the dim innocence of our own adulthood and its forgetfulness. — Katherine Dunn
What is a man's life but a prelude to his death? And what is death but a long sleep, a most welcome forgetfulness. — Lisa M
St. Andrews provided a gentle forgetfulness over the preceding painful years of my life. It remains a haunting and lovely time to me, a marrow… — Kay Redfield Jamison
God and the Doctor we alike adore But only when in danger, not before; The danger o'er, both are alike requited, God is forgotten, and… — Robert Owen
If there is a single theme that dominates all my writings, all my obsessions, it is that of memory-because I fear forgetfulness as much as… — Elie Wiesel
Now more than ever, as the role of memory in our culture erodes at a faster pace than ever before, we need to cultivate our… — Joshua Foer

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