Quotes About Transience

St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at a second-class hotel.

I have a remarkable memory; I forget everything. It is wonderfully convenient. It is as though the world were constantly renewing itself for me.

All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a fast-flitting meteor, a fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, He passes from life to his rest in the grave.

Live mindful of how brief your life is.

If, every day, I dare to remember that I am here on loan, that this house, this hillside, these minutes are all leased to me, not given, I will never despair.

Look at everything as though you were seeing it for the first time or the last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.

A little space of time before time expires; a little way of breath.

Time is a very shadow that passeth away.

Time is a stream which glides smoothly on and is past before we know.

Gone - glimmering through the dream of things that were.

Let me be dressed fine as I will, Flies, worms, and flowers, exceed me still.

Oh! Why should the spirit of mortal be proud? Like a swift-fleeing meteor, a fast flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, Man passes from life to his rest in the grave.

You never conquer a mountain. You stand on the summit a few moments; then the wind blows your footprints away.

Happiness, greatness, pride-nothing is secure, nothing keeps.

I am always looking for meaningful one-night stands.

There is no cure for birth or death save to enjoy the interval.

No one can keep his griefs in their prime; they use themselves up.

Oh, how quickly the world's glory passes away.

The present offers itself to our touch for only an instant of time and then eludes the senses.

The bliss e'en of a moment still is bliss.

It is privilege of living to be ... acutely, agonizingly conscious of the moment that is always present and always passing.

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle.

We are here today and gone tomorrow.