Forgiving is not forgetting; its actually remembering--remembering and not using your right to hit back. Its a second chance for a new beginning. And the remembering part is particularly important. Especially if you dont want to repeat what happened.
Forgiving is forgetting, in spite of remembering.
Forgetting is natural, remembering is the effort one makes.
Forgiving is not forgetting. It is remembering and letting go.
Why is it that we are born remembering, and live forgetting?
When the remembering was done, the forgetting could begin.
Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives and remembering what one receives.
Forgiveness doesn't mean forgetting to remember, but remembering to forget.
I will have spent my life trying to understand the function of remembering, which is not the opposite of forgetting, but rather its lining. We do not remember. We rewrite memory much as history is rewritten. How can one remember thirst?
Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it.
Worship is forgetting about what's wrong with you and remembering what's right with God.
Forgetting and remembering are governed by laws, but we cannot find out what they are.
In the practical use of our intellect, forgetting is as important as remembering.
Remembering is the most overrated thing. Forgetting is far superior.
The art of reading and studying consists in remembering the essentials and forgetting what is not essential.
Forgetting lets you live without the pain for a moment but remembering hits hard.