Quotes about Memory
Authority forgets a dying king.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
Stoning prophets and erecting churches to their memory afterwards has been the way of the world through the ages. Today we worship Christ, but the Christ in the flesh we crucified. —Mahatma Gandhi
— Philip Yancey
Paul Tillich once defined forgiveness as remembering the past in order that it might be forgotten—a principle that applies to nations as well as individuals.
— Philip Yancey
Paul Tillich once defined forgiveness as remembering the past in order that it might be forgotten
— Philip Yancey
The past must be remembered before it can be overcome.
— Philip Yancey
Forgiveness is achingly difficult, and long after you've forgiven, the wound—my dastardly deeds—lives on in memory.
— Philip Yancey
You write out your prayers so you "won't forget" . . . won't forget who the real enemy is won't forget the One in whom your hope lies won't forget your real need and dependencies are and later, won't forget the record of how God responds
— Priscilla Shirer
Human beings tend to much more quickly forget the good others have done for them than the bad others have done to them. That's human nature.
— Dennis Prager
Remembering—the good others have done, the evil others have done, and one's moral obligations—is an indispensable aspect of a good and meaningful life.
— Dennis Prager
There is no death, daughter. People die only when we forget them,' my mother explained shortly before she left me. 'If you can remember me, I will be with you always.
— Isabel Allende
There is no death, daughter. People die only when we forget them,' my mother explained shortly before she left me. 'If you can remember me, I will be with you always.
— Isabel Allende
The world has changed. I see it in the water. I feel it in the Earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it.
— JRR Tolkien