Quotes About Remembrance

There are now little brass plaques on the ground outside this address. These are Stolpersteine. Tributes to the victims of the Holocaust. There are many of them in Berlin, especially in Charlottenburg. They are not easy to spot. You must walk with your head down, seeking memories between the cobblestones. In front of 15 Wielandstrasse, three names can be read. Paula, Albert, and Charlotte. But on the wall, there is only one commemorative plaque. The one for Charlotte Salomon.

Parler, c'est risquer d'évoquer Charlotte. Elle se cache derrière chaque mot.

What is your name?" Why?" So I can mark your grave...

He made not even the briefest mention, indeed no mention at all, of the Nazis' extermination of Europe's Jews.

He liked to collect rocks. That day, he had gathered one from near the path down Longevity Hill toward the water. It was a fine-grained piece of granite that he found under a mulberry tree. He took it from his pocket now and, as was his practice, he inscribed the time and place he had found it, in tiny characters, on the rock. He would add it to his collection, hundreds of stones neatly aligned on his shelves at home, so that he could remember

11 There is no remembrance of former things [nobody remembers the past]; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after [neither will the future be remembered by those who come after it; in other words, nothing changes]. By the way, you can probably see that verses 9–11, above, could also be interpreted as saying, in effect, that nobody ever seems to learn from the past, which in many ways would be true of worldly societies and people.

It was felt that nothing could more palpably represent the man, and this quotation has consequently been inscribed upon the tablet erected to his memory near his grave in Westminster Abbey. It was noticed some time after selecting it that Livingstone wrote these words exactly one year before his death, which, as we shall see, took place on the 1st May, 1873.]

The heart, with the other parts removed, were placed in a tin box, which had formerly contained flour, and decently and reverently buried in a hole dug some four feet deep on the spot where they stood. Jacob was then asked to read the Burial Service, which he did in the presence of all. The body was left to be fully exposed to the sun. No other means were taken to preserve it, beyond

Forgetfulness of self is remembrance of God.

Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget--lest we forget!

There is a polish for everything that takes away rust, and the polish for the heart is the remembrance of God.

You'll never be a mature Christian until you understand that God remembers his promises and forgets your sins.

He whose wealth or children distract him from remembering God is lost; but the one who remembers God experiences delights sweeter than the pleasure of food and drink.

The devil doesn't fill us with hatred for God, but with forgetfulness of God.

It is because of our foolishness that we forget who God is.

Happy the days that have been consecrated to the remembrance of God, and blessed the hours which have been spent in praise of Him Who is the All-Wise.

Let never day nor night unhallowed pass, but still remember what the Lord hath done.

Worship is humble and glad, worship forgets itself in remembering God; worship celebrates the truth as God's truth, not its own.

Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.

William Holden and I weren't just good friends. He was my very best friend. I feel his loss very much still.

The most excellent of those who perform good deeds are those who most often remember God in all situations.

Good bye may seem forever. Farewell is like the end, but in my heart is the memory and there you will always be.

Be a good-looking corpse. Leave a good-looking tattoo.