Memory Palace Quotes

“When we were only several hundred-thousand years old, we built stone circles, water clocks. Later, someone forged an iron spring, set clockwork running, imagined grid-lines on a globe. Cathedrals are like machines defining the soul; bells of clock towers stitch the sleeper’s dreams together. You see? So we’ve always been on our way to this new place ― that is no place, really ― but is real. It’s our nature to represent: we’re the animal that represents, the sole and only maker of maps. And if our weakness has been to confuse the bright and bloody colors of our calendars with the true weather of days, and the parchment’s territory of our maps with the lands spread out before us ― never mind. We've always been on our way to this new place ― that is no place, really ― but is real.”
― William Gibson

“Good medicine, bad medicine. Every pill has its place in the story of how this “self” assembles with people around the world to joyously teach, mostly for free, the memory techniques that saved my life and keep saving it. And none of it would have happened if a stranger hadn’t tackled a confused mental patient who was about to “commit suicide.”
― Anthony Metivier, The Victorious Mind: How To Master Memory, Meditation and Mental Well-Being

“But this book you’re reading now has a dual purpose: to share both my journey through the storm and the techniques that enabled me to sail to calm waters. By telling the story and detailing the techniques that enabled me to thrive, I hope to help others learn to find peace and even victory in life, every day.”
― Anthony Metivier, The Victorious Mind: How To Master Memory, Meditation and Mental Well-Being

“As you’ll also find throughout the book, I am a proponent of using a variety of tools and techniques to enhance well-being. Why use only an Allen wrench when you have a whole toolbox at your disposal? The benefits compound when you use a range of the fantastic mental gizmos you’ll discover in this book, to work on one project—yourself—from different angles, including the mental, physical, and even spiritual (though you’ll find no religion in my kit even if I espouse the memorization of scripture from a variety of traditions).”
― Anthony Metivier, The Victorious Mind: How to Master Memory, Meditation and Mental Well-Being

“The techniques that help us accurately lock down useful types of information can override the stories we tell about ourselves, leading to incorruptible recall of simple things that set you free—on demand. Some of the best is both ancient and new every time you use it, but always the same.”
― Anthony Metivier, The Victorious Mind: How to Master Memory, Meditation and Mental Well-Being