Suddenly they existed, then suddenly they existed no longer: existence is without memory; of the vanished it retains nothing — not even a memory. Existence everywhere, infinitely, in excess, for ever and everywhere; existence — which is limited only by existence.
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Existence is without memory; of the vanished it retains nothing — not even a memory.
In general, the heart seems to have a more reliable memory for what benefits the psyche than does the head, which has a rather unhealthy tendency to lead an “abstract” existence, and easily forgets that its consciousness is snuffed out the moment the heart fails its duty.
Our memory has no guarantees at all, and yet we bow more often than is objectively justified to the compulsion to believe what it says.
A large number of observers acknowledge that dream life is capable of extraordinary achievements — at any rate, in certain fields (“Memory”).
Our memory of joys and sorrows is always imperfect, and they become a matter of indifference to us as soon as they are over.
Memory says, ‘I did that.’ Pride replies, ‘I could not have done that.’ Eventually, memory yields.
Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good.
The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.
The analysis of movement leads him to recognize that in every instant of movement there is a conatus toward an ulterior becoming, a something-in-motion making a circular trajectory that has a kind of memory.
