Once we see that everything is impermanent and ungraspable and that we create a huge amount of suffering if we are attached… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
Fear no more the heat o' th' sun Nor the furious winters' rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Buddhist teachings discourage us from clinging and grasping to those we hold dear, and from trying to control the people or the… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
On to the Next Dream became about much more than me facing a challenging situation; it became about how all of us… — Paul Madonna Copy Share Image
The anitya doctrine is, again, not quite the simple assertion that the world is impermanent, but rather that the more one grasps… — Alan Watts 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
“. . .our whispered words, faintly in the darkness, dissolving within the trees—then, fleeting words of consolation would not suffice if feigned,… — John Daniel Thieme 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
EPITAPH Now I'm not the brightest knife in the drawer, but I know a couple things about this life: poverty silence, impermanence… — Franz Wright Copy Share Image
By contemplating the impermanence of everything in the world, we are forced to recognize that every time we do something could be… — William Braxton Irvine Copy Share Image
There is no reaching the Self. If Self were to be reached, it would mean that the Self is not here and… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
“The perfume of incense reminds us of the pervading influence of virtue, the lamp reminds us of light of knowledge and the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We completely deny the existence of a self-existent I, or a permanent, independent soul. Every aspect of your body and mind is… — Thubten Yeshe 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
“What indeed is the half-life of a mortal consciousness? What is the half-life of a memory of that mortal consciousness? Of course,… — Ashim Shanker 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
the knowledge of impermanence that haunts our days is their very fragrance. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
See, see how the sun has moved onward while we talked. Nothing can stop it in its course. Prayers cannot halt the… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
Life's impermanence, I realized, is what makes every single day so precious. It's what shapes our time here. It's what makes it… — Wes Moore 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
Fate! Fate! All things pass away; Life is forever, youth is for a day. Love again if you may Before the stars… — John Gould Fletcher Copy Share Image
Impermanence is not something to be afraid of. It's the evolution, a never-ending horizon. — Deepak Chopra 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
