Quotes About Eternity

Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity.

I am satisfied with the mystery of the eternity of life and with the awareness and a glimpse of the marvelous structure of the existing world, together with the devoted striving to comprehend a portion, be it ever so tiny, of the Reason that manifest

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day. —"Old Man's Advice to Youth: 'Never Lose a Holy Curiosity.'" LIFE Magazine (2 May 1955) p. 64

I would like to stay like this, lazy, warm, in the silence where only our regular breathing can be heard, without ever having to make gestures, speak words which sell us out and betray us; this moment is real and alive, I stretch it into eternity...

I pass and I stay, like the Universe.

One day when God fell asleep And the Holy Ghost went off flying, He got into a box of miracles and stole three. With the first he made it so that no one would know he had run away. With the second he made himself a human boy forever. With the third he created a Christ eternally crucified And left him nailed to the cross that there is in Heaven Where he's used as a model for other crosses. Then he ran away to the sun And came down on the first ray he caught.

Every reader exists to ensure for a certain book a modest immortality. Reading is, in this sense, a ritual of rebirth.

I like to imagine that, on the day after my last, my library and I will crumble together, so that even when I am no more I'll still be with my books.

L'art rallume toujours les lumières du paradis perdu

December is thirteen months long, July's one afternoon.

They know no urge of seasons; they feel no kiss of sun, no lash of wind and weather. They live forever by not living at all.

The religions whose theology is least preoccupied with events in time and most concerned with eternity, have been consistently less violent and more humane in political practice. Unlike early Judaism, Christianity and Mohammedanism (all obsessed with time) Hinduism and Buddhism have never been persecuting faiths,have preached almost no holy wars and have refrained from that proselytizing religious imperialism which has gone hand in hand with political and economic oppression of colored people.

Esta manía de saberme ángel, sin edad, sin muerte en qué vivirme, sin piedad por mi nombre ni por mis huesos que lloran vagando.

And how many centuries has it been since I've been dead and loved you?

Tal vez las palabras sean lo único que existe en el enorme vacío de los siglos

En aquel momento comprendí que iba a ser suya para siempre, aunque fuera de lejos, aunque él no volviera a verme nunca más.

PASTOR- Mi nombre verdadero es Juan. Poca cosa, ¿verdad? ¡Pero humano, señor, humano! Millares de Juanes han escrito libros y han plantado árboles. Millones de mujeres han dicho alguna vez en cualquier rincón del mundo <>. En cambio, ¿quién ha querido nunca al <>? Juan sabe a pueblo y a eternidad: es el hierro, la madera de roble, el pan de trigo. <> es el nylon.

ISABEL: Entonces ¿de verdad crees que el arte vale más que la vida? MAURICIO: Siempre. Mira esa jacarandá del jardín: hoy vale porque da flor y sombra, pero mañana, cuando se muera como mueren los árboles, en silencio y de pie, nadie volverá a acordarse de él. En cambio si lo hubiera pintado un gran artista, viviría eternamente.

No es posible regresar a ninguna parte. Los puntos de partida no se quedan quietos y a la vuelta ya no están. Para poder volver se necesita, por empezar, un punto de partida eterno e inmutable. Pero todo se mueve y no hay forma de detener el universo.

I think it is about life. I think there is always more life than death. Those who lived are always alive for someone. Those who are alive remember life, not death. And when you are dead nothing happens. Death is nothing.

Perhaps if they all remained silent for as long as possible, they'd slip out of this moment into the next one, and then the next one, until all the preceding moments were erased from memory and everything could start all over again. The ultimate American dream: the eternal present, where nothing has ever happened before what is happening now.

Only the past matters, because it is the only thing that outlives everything and everyone.

Amatevi come compagni di viaggio, con questo pensiero d'avere a lasciarvi, e con la speranza di ritrovarvi per sempre.

of life and death," said Master Kung.