The memory represents to us not what we choose but what it pleases.

The memory represents to us not what we choose but what it pleases.

When promise and patience are wearing thin,
When endurance is almost driven in,
When our angels stand read more

When promise and patience are wearing thin,
When endurance is almost driven in,
When our angels stand in a waiting hush,
Remember the Marne and Ferdinand Foch.

I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don't understand people read more

I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don't understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, read more

Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory

A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.

A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.

Don't remember what you can infer.

Don't remember what you can infer.