Able Quote by Gordon Bell

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

— William James

You have not forgotten to remember; You have remembered to forget. But people can forget to forget. That is just as important as remembering…

— Idries Shah

It isn't a matter of forgetting. What one has to learn is how to remember and yet be free of the past.

— Aldous Huxley

Forgetting is a blessing; remembering is a blessing! We are lucky that we can forget; we are lucky that we can remember!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Forgetting stuff is just human, especially when other things are on our minds.

— Claudia Winkleman

Forgetting is a way for your mind to clear space for all the new memories that awaits you. It's not a weakness, it's a…

— Anonymous

The very effort to forget teaches us to remember.

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

But the thing about remembering is that you don't forget.

— Tim O'Brien

To forget is the secret of eternal youth. One grows old only through memory. There's much too little forgetting.

— Erich Maria Remarque

The problem of forgetting might not torment us so much if we could only convince ourselves that remembering isn't important. Perhaps the things we…

— Gary Wolf

...forgetting is vastly underrated as a mental operation.

— Michael Pollan

Of what significance are the things you can forget.

— Henry David Thoreau