Quotes About Time

The past is preserved only in darkness, the future is not raised to the level of an image, as something which can be anticipated. It is the symbolic expression which first creates the possibility of looking backward and looking forward... What occurred in the past, now separated out from the totality of representations, no longer passes away, once the sounds of language have placed their seals on it and given it a certain stamp (Wesen und Wirkung des Symbolbegriffs).

As the Hindu sages who fashioned the Akashic concept realized, there are aspects of the human mind that are unlimited in space, therefore omnipresent, and that are also boundless in time, therefore eternal and immortal. Omnipresence and eternality are qualities that have always been attributed to the Divine—thus the Hindu aphorism Tat tvam asi, "Thou art that," which affirms that we share qualities with the Godhead or the Absolute, however named.

We will never know peace if we lose the present because we are trapped in the past and paralyzed by the future.

You cannot win the battle for your soul if you choose to live the life of a fool, neglecting the health of your soul and not taking time to refine who you are.

Moments carry the momentum of the past and fuel the momentum for the future. Guy

Solamente cuando entendemos que somos terminales es cuando comenzamos a tratar el tiempo con el respeto que merece.

For our lives to be works of art, we need to allow a lifetime of work. We must give God the time to make us works of art. We must press close to God and allow both the tenderness of his touch and the pressure of his hands to shape us and mold us into someone we would not be without him.

Las viejas costumbres mueren despacio

Todo lo enseña, con la vejez, el tiempo.

El futuro, cuando suceda, lo oirás. De momento déjalo correr, no llores antes de hora, pues claramente llegará con los rayos de la aurora.

How old are you Johnny she asked. Sixteen. And what's that-a boy or a man? He laughed. A boy in time of peace and a man in time of war.

Human relations never seem to stand completely still. This apple, for instance. It might ripen into something better than it now was, or, unromantically, it might rot away in his pocket.

When I kiss her I am kissing 1903.

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Being wrapped in duplicities can be isolating, and with the accumulation of time, can lead to corrosive shame and self-loathing.

Octavio Paz writes, "The moment of merging is a crack in time, a balm against the wounds inflicted by the minutes and hours of time. A moment totally eternal as it is ephemeral." It is a leap into a world beyond.

The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it.

It is the fact that time is passing that creates its preciousness.

With practice, you build the road to accomplish your goals. Excellence lives in attention to detail. Give your all, all the time. Don't save anything for the walk home.

THE quality of your life will, to a large extent, be decided by with whom you elect to spend your time.

She and I were giving each other the only thing we truly have to offer: our time. We were going to give each other the living minutes of our life.

Piccole decisioni prese per prova ci portano ad altre decisioni e a mano a mano che il tempo passa e che le decisioni si sommano, la nostra libertà nel prendere decisioni è sempre più limitata per colpa dei legami che ci sono sempre tra una decisione e l'altra.

Don't give anybody up. . . or leave anybody out. . . . There's room for everything, and time for everybody, if you take your day the way it comes along and try not to be much later than you can help.--Spoken by Jack to Gloria

I'm a great reader that never has time to read.