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title: "5 Life Impermanence Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [“We are so consumed with wanting this or that or are wanting to solve our problems, that we fail to see Life’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avis-viswanathan/we-are-so-consumed-with-wanting-this-or-that-or-are-wanting-to-solve/)

[AVIS Viswanathan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avis-viswanathan/)

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> [I just think that the reality of life is impermanence. That's the foundation of understanding what Yoga is, and we're here for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-kraftsow/i-just-think-that-the-reality-of-life-is-impermanence-that-s-the/)

[Gary Kraftsow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-kraftsow/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wes-moore/life-s-impermanence-i-realized-is-what-makes-every-single-day-so/)

[Wes Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wes-moore/)

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> [Healing and positive life change comes from having the courage and spiritual conviction to look squarely at life's impermanence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meredith-l-young-sowers/healing-and-positive-life-change-comes-from-having-the-courage-and/)

[Meredith L. Young-Sowers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meredith-l-young-sowers/)

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> [If we lived forever, if the dews of Adashino never vanished, if the crematory smoke on Toribeyama never faded, men would hardly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoshida-kenk/if-we-lived-forever-if-the-dews-of-adashino-never-vanished-if-the/)

[Yoshida Kenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoshida-kenk/)

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