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.

We must learn to tailor our concepts to fit reality, instead of trying to stuff reality into our concepts.

We must learn to tailor our concepts to fit reality, instead of trying to stuff reality into our concepts.

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work read more

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.

It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between "happens" and "is," read more

It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between "happens" and "is," on the one hand, and "ought," on the other hand.

Reason can answer questions, but imagination has to ask them.

Reason can answer questions, but imagination has to ask them.

Many a man fails to become a thinker only because his memory is too good.

Many a man fails to become a thinker only because his memory is too good.

Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.

Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.

A moment lasts all of a second, but the memory lives on forever.

A moment lasts all of a second, but the memory lives on forever.

The heart that truly loves never forgets.

The heart that truly loves never forgets.