To remember something or to invent something, it comes to the same thing.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Memory and imagination both create mental images that feel real to the mind.
- In plain terms
- Remembering the making something up feel the same in your mind.
- What can you take from it?
- Trust your mind's creation whether it comes from memory or invention.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you know if a memory is real?
- Is invented truth as useful as real memory?
Another view
Memory and invention serve different functions in truth and planning.
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