#forgetful

I have never seen such extreme partisanship, such bitter partisanship, and such forgetfulness of the fate of our fathers and of the Constitution. ↗

— Robert Byrd

#constitution #extreme #fate #fathers #forgetfulness

Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting. Not in entire forgetfulness, and not in utter nakedness, but trailing clouds of glory do we come. ↗

— William Wordsworth

#clouds #come #entire #forgetfulness #forgetting

There is joy in self-forgetfulness. So I try to make the light in others' eyes my sun, the music in others' ears my symphony, the smile on others' lips my happiness. ↗

— Helen Keller

#love #self-forgetfulness #love

He looked haggard and careworn, like a Borgia who has suddenly remembered that he has forgotten to shove cyanide in the consommé, and the dinner-gong due any moment. ↗

— P.G. Wodehouse

#forgetfulness #humor #poison #unhappiness #humor

Forgiveness: best for cleansing. Forgetfulness best for repetition. ↗

— Soul Dancer

#forgiveness #forgiveness

If we experience any failures or setbacks, we do not forget them because they offend our self-esteem. Instead we reflect on them deeply, trying to figure out what went wrong and discern whether there are any patterns to our mistakes. ↗

— Robert Greene

#failures #forgetfulness #mistakes #offense #patterns

Happiness: being able to forget or, to express in a more learned fashion. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#happiness #life

I never forget things. I just don't observe them in the first place. ↗

— Bauvard

#funny #humor #observation #funny

There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves are no longer young. The second is youthful ignorance of the fact that the middle aged are still alive. ↗

— Jessamyn West

#alive #barriers #between #communication #elders

Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow's speed. ↗

— Howard Nemerov

#forgetful #light #nothing #say #shadow