If we are not given the chance to forget, we are also not given the chance to recover our memories, to alter them with time, perspective, and wisdom. Forgetting, we can be ourselves beyond what the past has told us we are; we can evolve. That is the possibility we want from the future.
Quote Tags: Wisdom
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When you have got an elephant by the hind legs
When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it’s best to let him run.
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Appearances are often deceiving.
Appearances are often deceiving.
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If you change the way you look at things, the
If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.
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To change one’s life, start immediately, do it flamboyantly, no
To change one’s life, start immediately, do it flamboyantly, no exceptions.
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Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
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The young man knows the rules, but the old man
The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
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None knows the weight of another’s burden.
None knows the weight of another’s burden.
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To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others
To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.
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From wonder into wonder existence opens.
From wonder into wonder existence opens.