Quotes About Forgetfulness

Wynstan fumed throughout the long journey back to Shiring. He abused Degbert, yelled at tavern keepers, slapped maids, and whipped his horse mercilessly. The fact that he kept forgetting the simplest things made him

Having once aroused in our mind enough faith in our own will-power to create a universe of contemplation and forget everything else, there are few limitations to the happiness we may enjoy.

Man, made in the image of God, has a purpose - to be in relationship to God, who is there. Man forgets his purpose and thus he forgets who he is and what life means.

Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten.

A thought for today: 'People change and forget to tell each other.'

passed through the entry hall, Karras heard footsteps coming up rapidly behind him. "Father Karras!" Karras turned and saw Karl with his sweater. "Very sorry," said the houseman as he handed it over. "I was thinking to finish much before. But I forget." He handed

For new-made honor doth forget men's names.

O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my sense in forgetfulness?

O sleep! O gentle sleep!Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee,That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids downAnd steep my senses in forgetfulness?

But men are men; the best sometimes forget.

And duller shouldst thou be than the fat weedThat rots itself in ease on Lethe wharf.

Buddhism clearly explains that suffering emerges in our hearts because we forget the principle of impermanence and believe that what we possess will last forever.

And it helped that he forgot what he'd taught me before, so I was free to repeat the same question until I

In years past, I had carefully studied the stems, leaves, and branches and had read the tags that identified the different varieties, but I realized now that I was already unable to remember what this thing called a rose had looked like.

Idiota! Pareces haber olvidado las enseñanzas que llevo años impartiéndote: el único amor importante es el que se siente por uno mismo. Nadie en el mundo se merece quedarse con parte de él.

Both of our memories were deteriorating, and in recent years the effort required to recall a name or incident felt almost wearyingly physical, like clearing out an attic.

Both of our memories were deteriorating, and in recent years the effort required to recall a name or incident felt almost wearyingly physical, like clearing out an attic. Proper nouns were particularly elusive. Adverbs and adjectives would go next, until we were left with pronouns and imperative verbs. Eat! Walk! Sleep now!

She'd be one of those parents who left a kid behind at a rest stop, driving for miles before she noticed. We'd hear about her on the evening news.

By the river of forgetfulness, I found honesty.

The cosmic universe owed its development to the ignorance of the highest God, to anxiety, terror, and forgetfulness...

her final words seem to ripple outward like waves of water from a thrown stone—don't remember don't remember don't remember don'trememberdon't "Remember?

When we forget, or wilfully choose to ignore, the intractability of human behaviour, the complexity of human institutions, and the probability of unanticipated consequences, we do so at great risk, and often immense human cost.

But the rare herb, Forgetfulness, / It hides away from me.

It's like I can hum a few bars but I have forgotten most of the words. I can't stand in line at the grocery and carry on a normal conversation if it gets much past the weather.