2,914 Quotes About Memory

Nostalgia has selective memory; it softens the heart and strips the details to leave you with what should have been instead of what was.

Freud could never be certain, he said,in view of   his wide and early reading,whether what seemed like a new creationmight not be the work insteadof   hidden channels of memory leadingback to the notions of others absorbed,coming now anew into formhe’d almost known within him was growing.He called it (the ghost of a) cryptomnesia.So we own and owe what we know.

In their quest for the "real moment" some expect to grab hold of the singular instant that feels like a journey between the past and the future, between the land they know and a land they don't know. In their pursuit they hope to encounter that 'genuine' moment, that frail child of the fleeting time that leaves a scar in the memory.

Since there is no mention of an English prophet in the scriptures, the name "God" is just a title that refers to an entity.

The undead did not love, but they remembered love with a savage loyalty.

Respect must be given voluntarily, no matter if you are an elder or a leader, you cannot take it by force.

To the atheist, the world is filled with madness and crazy people who believe in superstitions that cannot even prove to be true.

The sport of running will teach you how to master and control your will-power.

Thinking outside of the box is the art of accomplishing things without even borrowing anything from one's memory. Living in the present moment.