Top 15 Quotes About Being Forgetful
#1. In the world there is, parallel to the force of death and constraint, an enormous force of persuasion that is called culture.
Albert Camus
#2. The human being is not a fallen being in need of redemption but rather a forgetful being who must be reminded of God and his own nature.
Joseph E. B. Lumbard
#3. The mind unlearned in reverence, says Bonaventure (1221-1274), is in danger of becoming so captivated by the spectacle of beings as to be altogether forgetful of being in itself; and our mechanistic approach to the world is nothing but ontological obliviousness translated into a living tradition.
David Bentley
#4. Towers in a modern town are a frill and a survival; they seem like the raised hands of the various churches, afraid of being overlooked, and saying to the forgetful public, Here I am! Or perhaps they are rival lightning rods, saying to the emanations of divine grace, Please strike here!
George Santayana
#5. If you're not trying to be real, you don't have to get it right. That's art.
Andy Warhol
#6. Our true nature is like a precious jewel: although it may be temporarily buried in mud, it remains completely brilliant and unaffected. We simply have to uncover it.
Pema Chodron
#7. No art is sunk in the self, but rather, in art the self becomes self-forgetful in order to meet the demands of the thing seen and the thing being made.
Flannery O'Connor
#8. Fuck you," he said, resorting to that last argument of vice presidents.
Cherie Priest
#9. Many of my characters struggle with loneliness, that is fair to say.
Jhumpa Lahiri
#10. Who can rest until the moment of action?
Laozi
#11. Numbing the senses by monotonously repeating an assertion is a key element in utilizing mind control techniques.
Joost Meerloo
#12. I used to have pink hair," I told Seven.
"I used to have a real job," he answered.
"What happened?"
He shrugged. "I dyed my hair pink. What happened to you?
Jodi Picoult
#13. My father worked on assembly lines in Detroit while I was growing up. Every day, I watched him do what he needed to do to support the family. But he told me, 'Life is short. Do what you want to do.'
Anita Baker
#15. On the other hand, it's like we're three years old. You don't want that scruffy old teddy bear until your friend takes it and starts having a good time with it. Then suddenly it's the cutest bear you've ever seen, and you want to get it away from her.
E. Lockhart
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