Quotes About Time

Time is never ticking for its moment's dye in a colorful dance as it moves forward

Waste not a second of the day, who knows if this moment will return, count each blessing of time when you dance the dance of life

Kenangan lama memang manis dan nyaman. Dan, kadang-kadang bergelora juga dengan gelombang-gelombang. Tetapi hanya itulah sahaja yang wujud sekarang ini. Sebuah kenangan adalah sebuah rahmat yang sulit dibuang. Ia memberi kesejahteraan di waktu-waktu seperti sekarang.

The sum total of our life is a breath spent in the company of the Beloved.

You have read but a page and you fancy yourself beholding eternity.

Kugel set off, the wind in what would have been, some years ago, his hair.

I need you ready in ten seconds'' ''As my boyfriend told me last night

She had long ago become accustomed to routine, to a life where each day often differed little from the one that had gone before, but this was something new, a mass of time that sat heavily upon her, and that had somehow welded itself unevenly into an unmarked stretch of consciousness.

Boston – November 1998

It has taken many years for the game of go to initiate me into the freedom of slipping between yesterday, today, and tomorrow. From one stone to the next, from black to white, the thousands of stones have ended up building a bridge far into the infinite expanse of China.

Life is an infernal loop where the day before yesterday has merged with today, and yesterday has been jettisoned. We think we are moving forward in time, but we are always prisoners of the past.

The pages of life that had already been turned could not be opened again.

de Chardin said, "Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We would like to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new. And yet, it is the law of all progress that it is made by passing through some stages of instability — and that it may take a very long time. Above all, trust in the slow work of God, our loving vine-dresser.

Do not hurry as you walk with grief; it does not help the journey. Walk slowly, pausing often: do not hurry as you walk with grief. Be not disturbed by memories that come unbidden. Swiftly forgive; and let Christ speak for you unspoken words. Unfinished conversation will be resolved in him. Be not disturbed. Be gentle with the one who walks with grief. If it is you, be gentle with yourself. Swiftly forgive; walk slowly, pausing often. Take time, be gentle as you walk with grief.

Lord, as the seasons turn, creation teaches us of grief, patience, and renewal. Make us good students of these rhythms that we might not hurry the work of grief but receive the gift of your presence in our time of need. Amen.

The possibility of eternal life begins the day we are born, not the day we die.

I've been told that people in the army do more by 7:00 am than I do in an entire day But if I wake at 6:59 am and turn to you to trace the outline of your lips with mine I will have done enough and killed no one in the process.

When I was a kid, I was fascinated by space And I learnt that time slows near a black hole. Inside a black hole, time stops altogether. Whether or not this theory will ever be proved, I'm moved to believe this would be the perfect place to love someone.

I'm not singing for the future I'm not dreaming of the past I'm not talking of the fist time I never think about the last

I've been loving you a long time Down all the years, down all the days And I've cried for all your troubles Smiled at your funny little ways

Yes, you can lose somebody overnight, yes, your whole life can be turned upside down. Life is short. It can come and go like a feather in the wind.

My mama used to say, 'Are you sad? Then just wait a minute.

Ah, now, don't cry over lost years and forgetfulness. The tales tell what they can. The rest is for us to learn..

My ma says a rock lasts forever, but people don't, and that's what makes them more precious.