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title: "38 Impermanent Quotes by 31 authors"
description: "Browse 38 Impermanent quotes by 31 authors. Discover the best Impermanent sayings and thoughts."
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> [Don't cling to things because everything is impermanent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/don-t-cling-to-things-because-everything-is-impermanent/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [“It's all impermanent, and in perfect rapture”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-e-miller/it-s-all-impermanent-and-in-perfect-rapture/)

[Brian E. Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-e-miller/)

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> [“Whatever is impermanent is dukkha’ (Yad aniccaṃ taṃ dukkhaṃ).”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walpola-rahula/whatever-is-impermanent-is-dukkha-yad-anicca-ta-dukkha/)

[Walpola Rāhula](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walpola-rahula/)

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> [The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/the-world-is-impermanent-one-should-constantly-remember-death/)

[Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/)

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> [The heart does not derive pure pleasure from what is impermanent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/said-nursi/the-heart-does-not-derive-pure-pleasure-from-what-is-impermanent/)

[Said Nursi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/said-nursi/)

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> [“Everything is so fleeting and impermanent. It’s enough to drive you bat shit crazy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-kuhn/everything-is-so-fleeting-and-impermanent-it-s-enough-to-drive-you/)

[Shane Kuhn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-kuhn/)

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> [“I can't believe that we could be so impermanent”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-lacour/i-can-t-believe-that-we-could-be-so-impermanent/)

[Nina LaCour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-lacour/)

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> [If things were not impermanent, life would not be possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nhat-hanh/if-things-were-not-impermanent-life-would-not-be-possible/)

[Nhat Hanh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nhat-hanh/)

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> [Life is so impermanent that it's not about somebody else or things around me, it's about knowing you are completely alone in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-d-lang/life-is-so-impermanent-that-it-s-not-about-somebody-else-or-things/)

[K. D. Lang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-d-lang/)

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> [There is an intuitive knowing within us that we are eternal but this gets covered over with the noise we create while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mooji/there-is-an-intuitive-knowing-within-us-that-we-are-eternal-but-this/)

[Mooji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mooji/)

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> [Knowing all objects to be impermanent, let not their contact blind you, resolve again and again to be aware of the Self…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tirumalai-krishnamacharya/knowing-all-objects-to-be-impermanent-let-not-their-contact-blind-you/)

[Tirumalai Krishnamacharya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tirumalai-krishnamacharya/)

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> [“You know what the Buddhists say? Don't cling to things, because everything is impermanent.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/you-know-what-the-buddhists-say-don-t-cling-to-things-because/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [A man's name, title, and rank are artificial and impermanent; they do nothing to reveal what he really is, even to himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-giraudoux/a-man-s-name-title-and-rank-are-artificial-and-impermanent-they-do/)

[Jean Giraudoux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-giraudoux/)

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> [There is the joy that is one's state of the being and there is the joy that is one's state of mind.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-gardner/there-is-the-joy-that-is-one-s-state-of-the-being-and-there-is-the/)

[Ian Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-gardner/)

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> [You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nhat-hanh/you-do-not-suffer-because-things-are-impermanent-you-suffer-because/)

[Nhat Hanh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nhat-hanh/)

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> [We completely deny the existence of a self-existent I, or a permanent, independent soul. Every aspect of your body and mind is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thubten-yeshe/we-completely-deny-the-existence-of-a-self-existent-i-or-a-permanent/)

[Thubten Yeshe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thubten-yeshe/)

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> [“Once we recognize that all things are impermanent, we have no problem enjoying them. In fact, real peace and joy are only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/th-ch-nh-t-h-nh/once-we-recognize-that-all-things-are-impermanent-we-have-no-problem/)

[Thich Nhat Hanh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/th-ch-nh-t-h-nh/)

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> [“If there is no blind hope, there is also no disappointment. If one knows that everything is impermanent, one does not grasp,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dzongsar-jamyang-khyentse/if-there-is-no-blind-hope-there-is-also-no-disappointment-if-one/)

[Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dzongsar-jamyang-khyentse/)

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> [ “Prajnapdramita sutras sav: In the perfection of knowledge, no \[notions\] such as "form is permanent" or "form is impermanent" are observable. If… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-brunnholzl/prajnapdramita-sutras-sav-in-the-perfection-of-knowledge-no-notions/)

[Karl Brunnholzl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-brunnholzl/)

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> [“Everything is impermanent. Every physical and mental experience arises and passes. Everything in existence is endlessly arising out of causes and conditions.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-levine/everything-is-impermanent-every-physical-and-mental-experience-arises/)

[Noah Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-levine/)

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> [“Everything is impermanent—every pleasure, every pain, every body. But the survival instincts crave permanence and control. The body wants pleasure to stay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-levine/everything-is-impermanent-every-pleasure-every-pain-every-body-but/)

[Noah Levine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-levine/)

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> [Once we see that everything is impermanent and ungraspable and that we create a huge amount of suffering if we are attached…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/once-we-see-that-everything-is-impermanent-and-ungraspable-and-that/)

[Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/)

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> [Everything is fleeting and passing and impermanent in life. Relationships, people, our finite physical forms... We let go of our childhoods, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrianne-lenker/everything-is-fleeting-and-passing-and-impermanent-in-life/)

[Adrianne Lenker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrianne-lenker/)

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> [“Nothing lasts forever. That's the tragedy and the miracle of existence—that everything is impermanent. Everything changes. All we can do is make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seanan-mcguire/nothing-lasts-forever-that-s-the-tragedy-and-the-miracle-of-existence/)

[Seanan McGuire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seanan-mcguire/)

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> [There is only this now. It does not come from anywhere; it is not going anywhere. It is not permanent, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/there-is-only-this-now-it-does-not-come-from-anywhere-it-is-not-going/)

[Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/)

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> [“From the Absolute to the Relative-from the Infinite to the Finite-from the Undifferentiated to the Differentiated-from the Unconditioned to the Conditioned and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/upanishad/from-the-absolute-to-the-relative-from-the-infinite-to-the-finite/)

[Upanishad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/upanishad/)

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> [“Each of us is impermanent wave of energy folded into the infinite cosmic order. Acknowledgement of the fundamental impermanence of ourselves unchains…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kilroy-j-oldster/each-of-us-is-impermanent-wave-of-energy-folded-into-the-infinite/)

[Kilroy J. Oldster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kilroy-j-oldster/)

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> [“Before us the thick dark current runs. It talks up to us in a murmur become ceaseless and myriad, the yellow surface…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/before-us-the-thick-dark-current-runs-it-talks-up-to-us-in-a-murmur/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

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> [“When one’s world was impermanent, difficult endeavors, like procuring justice or balancing the ecology, need never be attempted. One need only make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheri-s-tepper/when-one-s-world-was-impermanent-difficult-endeavors-like-procuring/)

[Sheri S. Tepper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheri-s-tepper/)

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> [“The boat has become supreme isolation, chosen isolation, holding myself apart from the world, which I only dimly understand anyway. I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-flynn/the-boat-has-become-supreme-isolation-chosen-isolation-holding-myself/)

[Nick Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-flynn/)

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> [All created things are impermanent. Strive diligently.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/all-created-things-are-impermanent-strive-diligently/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

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> [Everything is impermanent, except the love of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neem-karoli-baba/everything-is-impermanent-except-the-love-of-god/)

[Neem Karoli Baba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neem-karoli-baba/)

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> [The world is continuous flux and is impermanent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/the-world-is-continuous-flux-and-is-impermanent/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

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> [We are identifying with what is passing so fear comes. We are trying to make steady and permanent what is by nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mooji/we-are-identifying-with-what-is-passing-so-fear-comes-we-are-trying/)

[Mooji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mooji/)

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> [The impermanent, which is the body, is given too much importance. The permanent, which is the Atman, is completely forgotten. This should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mata-amritanandamayi/the-impermanent-which-is-the-body-is-given-too-much-importance-the/)

[Mata Amritanandamayi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mata-amritanandamayi/)

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> [ The world is impermanent. \[All things change. Knowing this helps you see the end of any difficulty and thereby have hope.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/the-world-is-impermanent-all-things-change-knowing-this-helps-you-see/)

[Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/)

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> ["All conditioned things are impermanent" - when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/all-conditioned-things-are-impermanent-when-one-sees-this-with-wisdom/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The anitya doctrine is, again, not quite the simple assertion that the world is impermanent, but rather that the more one grasps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-watts/the-anitya-doctrine-is-again-not-quite-the-simple-assertion-that-the/)

[Alan Watts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-watts/)

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                        "text": "“Each of us is impermanent wave of energy folded into the infinite cosmic order. Acknowledgement of the fundamental impermanence of ourselves unchains us from the strictures of living a terrestrial life stuck like a needle vacillating between the magnetic pull of endless desire and the terror of death. Once we achieve freedom from any craving and all desires and we are relieved of all titanic fears, we release ourselves from living in perpetual distress. Once we rid ourselves from any impulse to exist, we discover our true place in the universal order. The composition of our life filament is exactly right when we accept the notion of living and dying with equal stoicism.”",
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