The life of my people is to remember forever; each head granary is full. The life of your people is to forget: your thing granaries ("museums"), and not yourselves, are full.

Alice Walker
The life of my people is to remember forever; each...
The life of my people is to remember forever; each...
The life of my people is to remember forever; each...
The life of my people is to remember forever; each...
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There is a difference between memorizing and learning. The former is like having an encyclopedia open at all times, taking in everything that is presented to you. The latter is more like having your encyclopedia shut, but still having the ability to open it if needed. History shows us that most people don’t learn this way, but instead memorize scraps of information that prove useful only in the moment, and then leave them behind when they need to move on.

Source: The Temple Of My Familiar

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