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“In a dream thou mayst live a lifetime, and all be forgotten in the morning: Even such is life, and so soon perisheth its memory.”

Life Dream Memories Morning Lifetime Forgotten Such Is Life

Book:Proverbial philosophy

Source: Proverbial philosophy

“Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream.”

Source: The Prophet - Der Prophet

“The true life is not reducible to words spoken or written, not by anyone, ever. The true life takes place when we're alone, thinking, feeling, lost in memory, dreamingly self-aware, the submicroscopic moments.”

Thinking Life Self Moments Feelings Life Is Lost Memories Written True Life Feeling Lost

Book:Point Omega

Source: Point Omega

“Never take anyone for granted. Never take anyone's kindness for their weakness. What's once yours could easily turn into a memory.”

Life Turns Memories Kindness Weakness Granted

Author:Rita Zahara

“We see daily that our lives are terrible and little, without continuity, buyable and salable at any moment, mere blips on a screen, that this is the way we live now. Memory marketed as nostalgia; terror reduced to mere suspense, to melodrama.”

Way Life Littles Moments Memories Our Lives Terrible Mere Terror Screens Nostalgia Suspense Continuity Melodrama

Book:What Is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics (Expanded Edition)

Source: What Is Found There: Notebooks on Poetry and Politics (Expanded Edition)

“We are prisoners of the world's demented sink. The soft enchantments of our years of innocence Are harvested by accredited experience Our fondest memories soon turn to poison And only oblivion remains in season.”

World Life Years Turns Memories Experience Seasons Remains Aging Innocence Poison Prisoner Life Experience Oblivion Enchantment Demented

Book:Selected poems

Source: Selected poems

“People who excel at book learning tend to call up from memory what they have learned in order to follow stored instructions. Others who are better at internalized learning use the thoughts that flow from their subconscious. The experienced skier doesn't recite instructions on how to ski and then execute them; rather, he does it well "without thinking," in the same way he breathes without thinking. Understanding these differences is essential.”

People Thinking Way Life Wells Doe Book Use Order Understanding Growth Differences Memories Essentials Flow Personal Growth Investing Breathe Instruction Subconscious Skis Skiers Book Learning

Author:Ray Dalio

“Whereas, to borrow an illustration from mathematics, life was formerly an equation of, say, 100 unknown quantities, it is now one of 99 only, inasmuch as memory and heredity have been shown to be one and the same thing.”

Life Has Beens Science Memories Mathematics Quantity Equations Illustration Heredity

Book:The Shrewsbury Edition of the Works of Samuel Butler: The notebooks of Samuel Butler

Source: The Shrewsbury Edition of the Works of Samuel Butler: The notebooks of Samuel Butler