We have a memory cut in pieces. And I write trying to recover our real memory, the memory of humankind, what I call the human rainbow, which is much more colorful and beautiful than the other one, the other rainbow.
Interpretation
The quote reflects on the fragmented nature of human memory and experiences, suggesting that the true essence of humanity is richer and more diverse than often perceived.
In this quote, Eduardo Galeano emphasizes the complexity and richness of human memory, indicating that our experiences are often incomplete or fragmented. He contrasts the 'human rainbow,' symbolizing the full spectrum of diverse human experiences and emotions, with a more conventional understanding of memory that is less colorful and profound. By striving to recover this vibrant memory, Galeano suggests a deeper understanding of what it means to be human, highlighting the beauty and complexity of our shared existence.
In practice
In a speech about the importance of preserving cultural history, this quote can highlight the value of collective memory.
Utopia is on the horizon. I move two steps closer; it moves two steps further away. I walk another ten steps and the horizon runs ten steps further away. As much as I may walk, I'll never reach it. So what's the point of utopia? The point is this: to keep walking.
It is highly improbable that the bureaucrat will put his life on the line. It is absolutely impossible that he'll put his job on the line.
We live in a world that treats the dead better than the living. We, the living are askers of questions and givers of answers, and we have other grave defects unpardonable by a system that believes death, like money, improves people.
History never really says goodbye. History says, 'See you later.'
The more freedom is extended to business, the more prisons have to be built for those who suffer from that business.
Utopia lies at the horizon. When I draw nearer by two steps, it retreats two steps. If I proceed ten steps forward, it swiftly slips ten steps ahead. No matter how far I go, I can never reach it. What, then, is the purpose of utopia? It is to cause us to advance.
There is no greater disaster in the spiritual life than to be immersed in unreality, for life is maintained and nourished in us by our vital relation with realities outside and above us.
How does it feel, how does it feel to be without a home, like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone.
The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and you to live. Which is better? Only God knows.
The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love.
Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious the world of God within us.
Every new regulation concerning commerce or revenue; or in any manner affecting the value of the different species of property, presents a new harvest to those who watch the change and can trace its consequences; a harvest reared not by themselves but by the toils and cares of the great body of their fellow citizens. This is a state of things in which it may be said with some truth that laws are made for the few not for the many.
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