Quotes About Transience

Life is short. If you doubt me, ask a butterfly. Their average life span is a mere five to fourteen days.

As they witnessed in drooping flower and falling leaf the first signs of decay, Adam and his companion mourned more deeply than men now mourn over their dead. The death of the frail, delicate flowers was indeed a cause of sorrow; but when the goodly trees cast off their leaves, the scene brought vividly to mind the stern fact that death is the portion of every living thing.

No matter how vital experience might be while you lived it, no sooner was it ended and dead than it became as lifeless as the piles of dry dust in a school history book.

In real life sweet moments are short and dulled by time.

I push my ice cream dish away. What's left in the bowl isn't cold and delicious anymore. Now it's just lukewarm, melted soup, because obviously nothing good lasts forever.

I have whispered to you in the perfume of a rose; But the flower soon faded and was like me forgotten.

Life and summer are fleeting,' sang the bird. 'Snow and dark, and the winter comes. Nothing remains the same.

Challenges are simply part of life. They do appear just for a while and then fade away like flowers. Thus, never mind your challenges. -Emeasoba George

Everything that life unfolds or offers is transient. That is to say, it lasts only for a short time. So, if life is fair to you, do appreciate God and then, enjoy, celebrate and share life's fairness positively and cheerfully. But, if life is unfair to you never worry. For, tough times never last. -Emeasoba George

Never ever be carried away, bothered or moved by any in-thing or rather by anything that is in vogue presently. For, everything that is currently in vogue is fugacious. That is to say, everything that is in vogue presently is bound to fade away or change with time. Oh! yes, nothing or no one lasts or lives forever. ~Emeasoba George

What is Death? Death is the unavoidable End of every living human and every living thing. As a matter of fact, you will surely taste death someday, sometime, somehow and somewhere. Regardless of your present financial status, social status, academic qualifications or family background. -Emeasoba George

Your lifetime or life span is limited. Yes! you can't and won't live forever. I mean, you're here (on earth) just for a while. Thus, endeavour to live the life you are meant to live i.e. your predestined life. -Emeasoba George

Someday the old shack we call the world will fall apart. How, we don't know, and we don't really care either. Since nothing has real substance, and life is a twirl in the void, its beginning and its end are meaningless.

Din tot ce-ai fost, nu mai ramîne decît o adiere patetica.

Fiecare clip? este o groap?, neîndestul?tor de adânc?.

Dup? ce am condus-o pe S. la gar?, deprimare vecin? cu sinuciderea. Vid, vid, vid!

Am tr?it întotdeauna cu conÅŸtiinÅ£a neputinÅ£ei de a tr?i. Åži ceea ce mi-a f?cut existenÅ£a suportabil? e curiozitatea de a vedea cum aveam s? trec de la un minut, de la o zi, de la un an la altul.

In mijlocul unor peisaje prea frumoase, ne simÅ£im întreaga putreziciune ÅŸi ne este lehamite de cadavrul pe care-1 tîrîm dup? noi.

Èšine deja de trecut", spune el despre tot ce face, în chiar momentul actului, care e astfel privat pentru totdeauna de prezent.

Universul este o cenu?? în prefacere al c?rei rost nu-l înÅ£elege nimeni.

Mama a fost o fiin?? admirabil?. Asta pentru noi e o consolare. Scrie-mi cît ai cheltuit cu înmormîntarea. Natural, voi contribui ÅŸi eu. C?ci viaÅ£a p?mînteanului este umbr? ÅŸi vis. Mi-aduc aminte de cuvintele astea pline de înÅ£elepciune care se rostesc, cred, la parastas. Ele spun totul.

Profundamente, cada passo na vida é um passo na morte e a lembrança disto, um chamado do Nada. Despido do sentido metafísico, o homem ordinário não tem consciência de uma entrada progressiva na morte, ainda que ele não escape mais do que os outros a este destino inexorável.

güzellik, tomurcuklar?n içinde ÅŸiÅŸinen ölümden baÅŸka bir ÅŸey deÄŸildir

We have lost, being born, as much as we shall lose, dying. Everything.