Quotes About Time

So give me back that time again, When I was still 'becoming', [185] When words gushed like a fountain In new, and endless flowing, Then for me mists veiled the world, In every bud the wonder glowed, A thousand flowers I unfurled, [190] That every valley, richly, showed. I had nothing, yet enough: Joy in illusion, thirst for truth. Give every passion, free to move, The deepest bliss, filled with pain, [195] The force of hate, the power of love, Oh, give me back my youth again!

Die meisten verarbeiten den größten Teil der Zeit, um zu leben, und das bißchen, das ihnen von Freiheit übrig bleibt, ängstigt sie so, daß sie alle Mittel aufsuchen, um es loszuwerden...

Age doesn't make us childish, as they say, It finds that we're still children.

Wer nicht von dreitausend Jahren sich weiß Rechenschaft zu geben, bleib im Dunkeln unerfahren, mag von Tag zu Tage leben.

The scattered tea goes with the leaves and every day a sunset dies.

Moons and years pass by and are gone forever, but a beautiful moment shimmers through life a ray of light.

Measurement of life should be proportioned rather to the intensity of the experience than to its actual length.

It matters not how long we live but how.

I suppose it's amazing how quick life goes by when you have children.

The longer your life goes on, the more death you face.

At any given moment, life is completely senseless. But viewed over a period, it seems to reveal itself as an organism existing in time, having a purpose, trending in a certain direction.

Even as the unborn babe is in the womb of his mother, these five are fixed as his life destiny: his life span, his activities, his acquisition of wealth and knowledge, and his time of death.

I have a very good life, a high quality of life. I have both money and time. No one has that.

Finally it has penetrated my thick skull. This life-this moment-is no dress rehearsal. This is it.

The art is long, life is short

One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the line is drawn, and it must all be added up. You are nothing other than your life.

Your Day Is Your Life

The great thing about getting older is living life.

I believe that life is shorter; that is why we have to make experience longer.

Life is short, you better make the most of it.

Let those who thoughtfully consider the brevity of life remember the length of eternity.

Still, life had a way of adding day to day

Of chess it has often been said that life is not long enough for it - but that is the fault of life, not chess.

I listen only to Bach, Beethoven or Mozart. Life is too short to waste on other composers.