All Quotes By Tag: Impermanence
“Time is a river that carries us along. We have to leave everything behind.”
“Ages and epochs belong to Time. Only the fleeting moment is eternal.”
“The passage of time. That is what is eternal, that is what has no end. And it shows itself only in the effect it has on everything else, so that everything else embodies, in its own impermanence, the one thing that never ends.”
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“I once took all my journalsfrom 3 years and burned themin a fire. Alone,watching the past disintegratereminded me of life and time. The presentis all I had. Time slowly burningaway each moment.”
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“Nothing endures but change.”
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“A thousand years ago five minutes wereEqual to forty ounces of fine sand.Outstare the stars. Infinite foretime andInfinite aftertime: above your headThey close like giant wings, and you are dead.”
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“The one close to me now,even my own body-these toowill soon become clouds,floating in different directions.”
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“Shapeshifting requires the ability to transcend your attachments, in particular your ego attachments to identity and who you are. If you can get over your attachment to labeling yourself and your cherishing of your identity, you can be virtually anybody. You can slip in and out of different shells, even different animal forms or deity forms.”
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“When you truly embrace your human impermanence you connect with the power you have, and influence you have, over the time you have.”
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“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.”
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“Impermanence. It is the nature of all things, especially relationships. They are certainly not a true cause of happiness.”
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“There in bed, happiness comes over me. Not like something that belongs to me, but like a wheel of fire rolling through the room and the world.”
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“That which is impermanent attracts compassion. That which is not provides wisdom. (116)”
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“…nothing wonderful lasted forever. Joy was as fleeting as a shooting star that crossed the evening sky, ready to blink out at any moment.”
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“Many have died; you also will die. The drum of death is being beaten. The world has fallen in love with a dream. Only sayings of the wise will remain.”
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