Our memories are the only paradise from which we can never be expelled.

Our memories are the only paradise from which we can never be expelled.

She listened to him all night and he found her fascinating.

She listened to him all night and he found her fascinating.

For some life lasts a short while, but the memories it holds last forever.

For some life lasts a short while, but the memories it holds last forever.

The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.

The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.

When you live with another person for 50 years, all of your memories are invested in that person, like a read more

When you live with another person for 50 years, all of your memories are invested in that person, like a bank account of shared memories. It’s not that you refer to them constantly. In fact, for people who do not live in the past, you almost never say, Do you remember that night we...? But you don’t have to. That is the best of all. You know that the other person does remember. Thus, the past is part of the present as long as the other person lives. It is better than any scrapbook, because you are both living scrapbooks.

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.

I worked so hard for that first kissAnd a heart don’t forget something like thatLike an old photographTime can make read more

I worked so hard for that first kissAnd a heart don’t forget something like thatLike an old photographTime can make a feeling fadeBut the memory of a first loveNever fades away.

As a teacher you are more or less obliged to pay the same amount of attention to everything. That can read more

As a teacher you are more or less obliged to pay the same amount of attention to everything. That can wear you down.

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also read more

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.