The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Memory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy.
In every man the memory of the struggles and the heroes of the past is alive. But these memories are not incompatible with the desire for peace in the future.
If it's hard to remember, it'll be difficult to forget.
Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory.
Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing.
To my mind, forgetting is a risky strategy for living. Memory is essential to us. It is DNA. We need to remember, and we need to imagine. That's why we have books, writing, fiction.
When you forget everything, there only remains yourself - and that is not enough.
Memory narrativises itself.
Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.
Memory is the thing you forget with.