Once upon a time, this idea of having a trained, disciplined, cultivated memory was not nearly so alien as it would seem to us to be today.

Our lives are the sum of our memories. How much are we willing to lose from our already short lives by … not paying attention?

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.

When we first hear [a] word, we start putting these associational hooks into it that make it easier to fish it back out at some later date.

A meaningful relationship between two people cannot sustain itself only in the present tense.

learning texts is worth doing not because it's easy but because it's hard.

What better way to try to begin to understand the nature and meaning of human memory than to investigate its absence?

Our brains are obviously capable of astoundingly fast and complex calculations that happen subconsciously. We can't explain them because most of the time we hardly even realize they're happening.

I see love as a force of nature. No matter how much you want to, you cannot control or demand love. No one can. It cannot be bought, bartered, or sold. It is priceless.

I didn’t say anything

Doing designs on a loom takes a lot of talent and experience, and, trust me, I won't be able to do that.

Fairness is an across-the-board requirement for all our interactions with each other ...Fairness treats everbody the same.

All the housemaid hopes is, happiness for 'em - but marriage is a lottery, and the more she thinks about it, the more she feels the independence and the safety of a single life.

Nothing is worth reading that does not require an alert mind.

Dance is the mathematics of the Soul

It's a wrong idea that a master is a finished person. Masters are very faulty; they haven't learned everything and they know it.

I tend to look for a great script.

No, by my soul, I never in my life Did hear a challenge urged more modestly, Unless a brother should a brother dare To gentle exercise and proof of arms.