“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
If we are not empty, we become a block of matter. We cannot breathe, we cannot think. To be empty means to… — Nhat Hanh 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
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
“Love has all the lasting permanence of a rainbow — beautiful while it’s there, and just as likely to have disappeared by… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
To the fuki plant, dandelions, and their kind that lie for long patiently under the fallen snow, comes the season of breezy… — Kobayashi Issa 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
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 we seek the permanence of an object as something existing from its own side, we discover something inexpressible. If we take… — Zongtrul Losang Tsöndru 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
Cherry trees will blossom every year; But I'll disappear for good, One of these days. — Philip Whalen Copy Share Image
The whole city gives you the impression of impermanence. You have the feeling that one day someone is going to yell, "Cut!… — Allan Sherman 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
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
The landscape, like Los Angeles itself, is transitional. Impermanence haunts the city, with its mushroom industries--the aircraft perpetually becoming obsolete, the oil… — Christopher Isherwood 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
“We are not here as settlers, but rather as observers and sojourners. In our eyes, everything looks permanent, as though they would… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
The rustling of the silk is discontinued, Dust drifts over the courtyard, There is not sound of footfall, and the leaves Scurry… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
“The Jetavana Temple bells ring the passing of all things. Twinned sala trees, white in full flower, declare the great man's certain… — Royall Tyler Copy Share Image
“Drama of life may get gripping, intense or interesting but eventually it's still a drama.” — Aditya Ajmera 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
I think we defy entropy and impermanence with our films and our poems. We hold onto each other a little harder and… — Jason Silva Copy Share Image
“Everything is so fleeting and impermanent. It’s enough to drive you bat shit crazy.” — Shane Kuhn Copy Share Image
Earth knows no desolation. She smells regeneration in the moist breath of decay. — George Meredith Copy Share Image
