Quotes About Eternity

Thenike laughed, and Marghe listened to that laugh: rich, smoky, warm, it rolled like breaking waves on a flat beach, as if it could go on forever, changeless.

The philosopher is not the spokesman of his age, but an angel imprisoned in time.

Wenn ein Reaktionär von "unvermeidlicher Restauration" spricht, dürfen wir nicht vergessen, dass der Reaktionär in Jahrtausenden rechnet.

No pertenezco a un mundo que perece. Prolongo y transmito una verdad que no muere.

Between man and nothingness passes the shadow of God.

Whoever dares to ask that the moment stop and time suspend its flight surrenders himself to God; whoever celebrates future harmonies sells himself to the devil.

They have buried metaphysics so many times that it must be considered immortal.

Wenn ein Reaktionär von "unvermeidlicher Restauration" spricht, dürfen wir nicht vergessen, dass der Reaktionär Jahrtausenden rechnet.

The pure reactionary is not a dreamer of abolished pasts, but a hunter of sacred shades on the eternal hills.

That Great Cocktail Cabinet in the Sky...

There is no finish line.

Look, one day I had gone to a little village. An old grandfather of ninety was busy planting an almond tree. 'What, grandfather!' I exclaimed. 'Planting an almond tree?' And he, bent as he was, turned around and said: 'My son, I carry on as if I should never die.' I replied: 'And I carry on as if I was going to die any minute.' Which of us was right, boss?

For I realize today that it is a mortal sin to violate the great laws of nature. We should not hurry, we should not be impatient, but we should confidently obey the eternal rhythm.

End of music is the end of the entire universe.

Vampires are neither inhuman nor nonhuman nor all-too-human, they are simply more alive than they should be.

The interval between the beginning of 'I am' (birth or waking) and when you lose it again (death or deep sleep) is called 'time.

To be a living being is not the ultimate state; there is something beyond, much more wonderful, which is neither being nor non-being, neither living nor non-living. It is a state of pure awareness, beyond the limitations of space and time. Once the illusion that the body-mind is oneself is abandoned, death loses its terror; it becomes a part of living.

What refuses to die cannot be reborn.

You cannot be alive, for you are life itself.

The Torah, it should be noted, makes no clear reference to the afterlife whatsoever.

Death, so permanent for the dead, should be more than just an afternoon activity for the mourners.

My heart is drenched in wine. You'll be on my mind. Forever

Time, thus unbroken by things to look forward to or back on, stretched endlessly.

Marcus Aurelius had a marvellous sense of who, and where, he was: As the Emperor Antoninus, Rome is my city and my country; but as a man, I am a citizen of the world . . . Asia and Europe are mere corners of the globe, the Great Ocean a mere drop of water, Mount Athos is a grain of sand in the universe. The present instant of time is only a point compared to eternity. All things here are diminutive, subject to change and decay; yet all things proceed from . . . the one Intelligent Cause.