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A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory
A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory
The way we imagine ourselves to appear to another person is an essential element in our conception of ourselves. In read more
The way we imagine ourselves to appear to another person is an essential element in our conception of ourselves. In other words, I am not what I think I am, and I am not what you think I am. I am what I think you think I am.
If you haven't got the time to do it right, when will you find the time to do it over?
If you haven't got the time to do it right, when will you find the time to do it over?
The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.
The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.
Our memory is like a shop in the window of which is exposed now one, now another photograph of the read more
Our memory is like a shop in the window of which is exposed now one, now another photograph of the same person. And as a rule the most recent exhibit remains for some time the only one to be seen.
Remembrance wakes with all her busy train,
Swells at my breast, and turns the past to pain.
Remembrance wakes with all her busy train,
Swells at my breast, and turns the past to pain.
People see the world not as it is, but as they are.
People see the world not as it is, but as they are.
Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.
Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.
One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain one bestows read more
One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain one bestows on it the name of infinity; this does not change its nature. When one feels such pleasure in non-existence, one's inclination can be completely satisfied only by completely ceasing to exist.