Noun
The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance.
The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance; memory; as, an event within my recollection.
That which is recollected; something called to mind; reminiscence.
The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe life of the dead consists in the recollection cherished of them by the living. Cicero
Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out. Jean Paul
A poem is learned by heart and then not again repeated. We will suppose that after a half year it has been forgotten: no effort of recollection is able to call it back again into consciousness. Hermann Ebbinghaus
In love, unlike most other passions, the recollection of what you have had and lost is always better than what you can hope for in the future. Stendhal
Write in recollection and amazement for yourself. Jack Kerouac
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. George Bernard Shaw