That's the hell of sand castles. They are always doomed. That's part of their beauty — their impermanence. — Pamela Moore Copy Share Image
The notion is called wabi-sabi life, like the cherry blossom, it is beautiful because of its impermanence, not in spite of it,… — Peggy Orenstein Copy Share Image
This physical world, though necessary to our evolution, is the embodiment of impermanence, of constant change. Thus, we take care not to… — Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Copy Share Image
Of all footprints, that of the elephant is supreme. Similarly, of all mindfulness meditations, that on death is supreme. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Lack of love for the vegetative, subtle, cthonic, pagan, and sexy aspect of the world means death. — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
Shed no tear - O, shed no tear! The flower will bloom another year. Weep no more - O, weep no more!… — John Keats Copy Share Image
Some people, sweet and attractive, and strong and healthy, happen to die young. They are masters in disguise teaching us about impermanence. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not. — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
“I thought more and more about impermanence and death - not in the form of a depressing nihilism, but as a contemplation… — Andrew Bowen Copy Share Image
Cold Mountain Buddhas Han Shan Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought: So the darkness shall be the light,… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
In a few generations more, there will probably be no room at all allowed for animals on the earth: no need of… — Ouida Copy Share Image
“On a certain day in the blue-moon month of September Beneath a young plum tree, quietly I held her there, my quiet,… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
The truth is that everything causes everything else. We do not speak therefore of one thing causing another. There are no secrets.… — John Cage Copy Share Image
Childhood feels so permanent, like it's the entire world, and then one day it's over and you're shoveling wet dirt onto your… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
“1. “Death is the first thing to become certain the very moment life is conceived, and it is the only reality that… — Neena Verma Copy Share Image
A thousand years ago five minutes were Equal to forty ounces of fine sand. Outstare the stars. Infinite foretime and Infinite aftertime:… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“The boat has become supreme isolation, chosen isolation, holding myself apart from the world, which I only dimly understand anyway. I can… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
Perhaps if Death is kind, and there can be returning, We will come back to earth some fragrant night, And take these… — Sara Teasdale Copy Share Image
Our blessed Savior chose the Garden for his Oratory, and dying, for the place of his Sepulchre; and we do avouch for… — John Evelyn Copy Share Image
“Writing and other efforts to produce an enduring piece of artwork is a gallant response to the prospect of death. Every person… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Vain vision! when the changing world each day Sees some such lordly pleasance pass away; When the mere stripling knows my symbols… — Ruth Pitter Copy Share Image
“Each of us is impermanent wave of energy folded into the infinite cosmic order. Acknowledgement of the fundamental impermanence of ourselves unchains… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Ask yourself these two questions: Do I remember at every moment that I am dying, and that everyone and everything else is,… — Sogyal Rinpoche Copy Share Image
If dislocation is a permanent state, I want to try and explore the possibility of temporary impermanence. If dislocation is a tatty… — Diriye Osman Copy Share Image
Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north - wind's breath, And stars to set; but all,… — John Milton Copy Share Image
How keen everyone is to make this world their home forgetting its impermanence It's like trying to see and name constellations in… — Nadeem Aslam Copy Share Image
Is childhood ever long enough, or a happy time, or even a beautiful summer day? All of these carry the seeds of… — Eugene Kennedy Copy Share Image
“We will lost everything that matters, or everything that matters will lose us. It is predestined, the nature of life.” — Steven Rowley Copy Share Image
This idea of how everything is interconnected, and the impermanence of things.. It sums up the human condition to me, and it… — Jeff Bridges Copy Share Image
There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it takes a miracle to remind us that the only permanent condition is that of impermanence.” — Eric Micha'el Leventhal Copy Share Image
“By acknowledging my impermanence, I can consider if there is anything I can do now to help my loved ones who will… — Lisa J. Shultz Copy Share Image
I do not believe in personal immortality; it seems so unnecessary. Show me one man who deserves to live forever. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Everything you cherish Throws you over in the end Thorns will grab your ankles From the gardens that you tend. — Robert Hunter Copy Share Image
Meditation is a vehicle for opening to the truth of this impermanence on deeper and deeper levels. — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
I am spending delightful afternoons in my garden, watching everything living around me. As I grow older, I feel everything departing, and… — Emile Zola Copy Share Image
In the face of impermanence, if your next thought is good, this is what we call the realization body. — Bill Porter Copy Share Image
“A great future doesn’t require a great past and great present doesn't assure a great future.” — Aditya Ajmera Copy Share Image
I can't say I was consciously thinking of the big changes in the music business when I was writing the lyrics, but… — Rivers Cuomo Copy Share Image
“We usually appreciate only half the cycle of impermanence. We can accept birth but not death, gain but not loss, or the… — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Copy Share Image
