"Every reminiscence is colored by the way..." - Quote by Albert Einstein
Every reminiscence is colored by the way things are today, and therefore by a delusive point of view.
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“In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.”
“The question that drives me hazy is whether it is I or others who is crazy.”
“Many a young lady does not realize just how strong her love for a young man is until he fails to pass the approval test with her parents. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear. Of all forms of caution, caution in love is the most fatal. There are only two truly infinite things, the universe and stupidity. And I am unsure about the universe.”
More on Memory
“it was important to him that i know who she was, so im glad for that. but it makes me sad too. they loved each other so much, and now she's gone. it doesn't seem fair.”
“Life is like an overlong drama through which we sit being nagged by the vague memories of having read the reviews.”
“It was for the sake of what had been, rather than what was.”
More on Perception
“Simplicity is a delicate imposition.”
“In her final years she would still recall the trip that, with the perverse lucidity of nostalgia, became more and more recent in her memory.”
“When someone comes up and says something like, 'I am a god,' everybody says 'Who does he think he is?' I just told you who I thought I was. A god. I just told you. That's who I think I am.”