"Forgetfulness of self is remembrance of God."

-- Bayazid Bastami

#Self Quotes #Remembrance Quotes #Forgetfulness Quotes

“None of us know our real names.”
“New scientific ideas never spring from a communal body, however organized, but rather from the head of an individually inspired researcher who struggles with his problems in lonely thought and unites all his thought on one single point which is his whole world for the moment.”
“An artist is somebody that puts themselves in a room, they're a wee bit self-indulgent and you know, sink into their music and it [will] be a very personal experience. An entertainer was somebody that took their God-given talent and shared it with people. And I've always wanted to be an entertainer.”

Source : "Johnny Reid headlining Fredericton's Maritime Countryfest". "Information Morning Fredericton" with Terry Seguin, www.cbc.ca. June 20, 2015.
“If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.”
“These people were well dressed in skins, had some guns, but armed generally with bows and arrows and such other instruments of war as are common among the Indians of the Missouri.”
“Being bored is an insult to oneself.”

Source : Jules Renard (2008). “The Journal of Jules Renard”, p.62, Tin House Books
“Everybody saw my successful advertising and thought I was a big success. But, behind those successes were several failures that I had to learn from before I made it. I've always looked at failure as just another step you need to take to reach success.”
“Iâ€™m not sad about any of my life. Itâ€™s so unconventional. It doesnâ€™t look anything like I thought it would.”

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