Forgetfulness Quote by James Stephens Download Open image “Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory” — James Stephens ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Forgetfulness Happiness Memory Needs Past Time
It occurred to me at some point that what really links us to the past is memory, and there's so much we've forgotten. — Sharon Cameron Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
A man's memory may almost become the art of continually varying and misrepresenting his past, according to his interest in the present. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Its hard to forget the past especially if it is strained to enter into our minds. — Innah Delos Angeles Copy Share Image
When I talk about forgetting the past ,Its not about actually forgetting it . Embrace it & build a better future . — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He who cannot remember the past is condemned to remember the past. Or something. — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
Forget about everything that happened in the past. We don't need to try to remember the things that we don't want to. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Without the faculty of forgetting, our past would weigh so heavily on our present that we should not have the strength to confront another… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
“Even the wind had ceased, and there seemed to be nothing in the world but the darkness and himself. In that gigantic blackness, in… — James Stephens Copy Share Image
A Leprecaun without a pot of gold is like a rose without perfume, a bird without a wing, or an inside without an outside. — James Stephens Copy Share Image
Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself. — James Stephens Copy Share Image
The duty of a lyrical poet is not to express or explain, it is to intensify life. — James Stephens Copy Share Image
A man and a woman may become quite intimate in a quarter of an hour. Almost certainly will they endeavour to explain themselves to… — James Stephens Copy Share Image
“The toxin generates the anti-toxin. The end lies concealed in the beginning. All bodies grow around a skeleton. Life is a petticoat about death.” — James Stephens Copy Share Image
“But outside of the North of Ireland there is no religious question, and in the North it is fundamentally more political than religious.” — James Stephens Copy Share Image
Tell me your past, my beloved, for a man is his past, and is to be known by it. — James Stephens Copy Share Image
Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it. — James Stephens Copy Share Image
Life runs to death as its goal, and we should go towards that next stage of experience either carelessly as to what must be,… — James Stephens Copy Share Image
“I had a chat with May and I had a sweet talk with April but the lovely conversation that left me to ponder was… — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
There comes a time, in the history of Nations when fear and forgetfulness cause a nation to hesitate, to waver and perhaps even to… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
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… — Patrick Gale Copy Share Image
What makes life worth living? Better surely, to yield to the stain of suicide blood in me and seek forgetfulness in the embrace of… — Zane Grey Copy Share Image
... for this discovery of yours will create forgetfulness in the learners' souls, because they will not use their memories; they will trust to… — Plato Copy Share Image
What is a man's life but a prelude to his death? And what is death but a long sleep, a most welcome forgetfulness. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Why did you leave? Am I not good enough? Where did you go? When did it happen? ..Who are you?” — Ade Santi Copy Share Image
“Forgetfulness is the beginning of happiness as fear is the beginning of wisdom.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Being alone will show you who you really are, and if you cannot get-on positively as the sole master of your space in that… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
