Quotation of the Day - 1 December 2004 - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Mephisto2 · 11-30-2004, 03:27 PM

Quote:

You cannot go around and keep score. If you keep score on the good things and the bad things, you'll find out that you're a very miserable person. God gave man the ability to forget, which is one of the greatest attributes you have. Because if you remember everything that's happened to you, you generally remember that which is the most unfortunate.

Hubert H. Humphrey - US politician (1911 - 1978)

Mr Mephisto

vox_rox · 11-30-2004, 03:38 PM

Sometimes, forgetting is a good thing, sometimes it is not. In the context of the quotation however, there are about a million things I would dearly love to forget.

Still, the profundity comes not in the words, but in the arrangement, and the fact that his introduction speaks of scores speaks volumes. The old "eye for an eye" is plain bad thinking, except in Ghandi's context where he says "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."

Settling scores does exactly the opposite, it is when we accept our fates and move on without vegence that we succeed towards humanity.

I know this makes me sound like some kind of a monk, and I'm not, I'm just a guy. But think of how much peace we could have if no one retaliated.

Thoughts?

Peace,

Pierre

Mephisto2 · 11-30-2004, 04:27 PM

I agree wholeheartedly.

"Forgive and forget" is an often overlooked virtue.

Mr Mephisto

11-30-2004, 03:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
vox_rox Psycho Location: Comfy Little Bungalow	Sometimes, forgetting is a good thing, sometimes it is not. In the context of the quotation however, there are about a million things I would dearly love to forget. Still, the profundity comes not in the words, but in the arrangement, and the fact that his introduction speaks of scores speaks volumes. The old "eye for an eye" is plain bad thinking, except in Ghandi's context where he says "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." Settling scores does exactly the opposite, it is when we accept our fates and move on without vegence that we succeed towards humanity. I know this makes me sound like some kind of a monk, and I'm not, I'm just a guy. But think of how much peace we could have if no one retaliated. Thoughts? Peace, Pierre

11-30-2004, 04:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mephisto2 Junkie	I agree wholeheartedly. "Forgive and forget" is an often overlooked virtue. Mr Mephisto