"To the extent that experience is the sum of our memories and wisdom the sum of experience, having a better memory would mean knowing not only more about the world, but also more about myself."

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Source : Joshua Foer (2011). “Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything”, p.15, Penguin

Joshua Foer

#Memories Quotes #Mean Quotes #Knowing Quotes

“I feel cheated never being able to know what it's like to get pregnant, carry a child and breast feed.”
“I dont want to waste my energy in other things; instead, I would put all that in reaching the next level in a craft that I love the most.”
“He who drinks a tumbler of London water has literally in his stomach more animated beings than there are men, women, and children on the face of the globe.”

Source : 1834 Letter to Lady Grey,19 Nov.
“There is a deep sense in which we are all ghost towns. We are all haunted by the memory of those we love, those with whom we feel we have unfinished business. While they may no longer be with us, a faint aroma of their presence remains, a presence that haunts us until we make our peace with them and let them go. The problem, however, is that we tend to spend a great deal of energy in attempting to avoid the truth. We construct an image of ourselves that seeks to shield us from a confrontation with our ghosts. Hence we often encounter them only late at night, in the corridors of our dreams.”
“I never really liked Italy. 'Lots of cement' is my long-standing quote.”
“If you really know how to ask the question 'Who am I?' you will inevitably be delivered into that state of silence and pure consciousness that is your true Being. The question 'Who am I?' will ultimately deliver you into the 'I am' of you.”
“I like Akon, I like some of Lil Wayne when he uses that funky voice. Anything progressive.”
“Our music has depth, and attempts philosophical thought and meaning with discussions of infinity, eternity and mortality. There is a line which people cross that turns it into some magical, mystical realm, for which I dont claim responsibility and dont hold any great truck with.”

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