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title: "11 Perpetual State Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [I live in a perpetual state of fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheila-hancock/i-live-in-a-perpetual-state-of-fear/)

[Sheila Hancock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheila-hancock/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/884/sheila-hancock-5465_fear_i-live-in-a-perpetual-state-of-fear-2306_2306377.png)

> [To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-3/to-be-in-love-is-merely-to-be-in-a-perpetual-state-of-anesthesia/)

[H L Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-3/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08b/h-l-mencken-3-46642_love_to-be-in-love-is-merely-to-be-in-a-perpe_2497713.jpg)

> [If the average person realized the power he wields over his life and destiny, he would live in a perpetual state of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earl-nightingale/if-the-average-person-realized-the-power-he-wields-over-his-life-and/)

[Earl Nightingale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/earl-nightingale/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f97/earl-nightingale-1728_average_if-the-average-person-realized-the-power_549013.png)

> [“This is music's most spectacular conjuring trick. Far from dying, it is in a perpetual state of rebirth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-goodall/this-is-music-s-most-spectacular-conjuring-trick-far-from-dying-it-is/)

[Howard Goodall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-goodall/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b8/howard-goodall-80684_death_this-is-music-s-most-spectacular-conjuri_945141.png)

> [God does not live in a perpetual state of disappointment over who we are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stasi-eldredge/god-does-not-live-in-a-perpetual-state-of-disappointment-over-who-we/)

[Stasi Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stasi-eldredge/)

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> [When you are in touch with the Inner Being then irrespective of the outer state, you remain in a perpetual state of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-sri-ravi-shankar/when-you-are-in-touch-with-the-inner-being-then-irrespective-of-the/)

[Sri Sri Ravi Shankar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-sri-ravi-shankar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/859/sri-sri-ravi-shankar-942_funny_when-you-are-in-touch-with-the-inner-bei_1689300.png)

> [We are always in a perpetual state of being created and creating ourselves. (p. 221)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-j-siegel/we-are-always-in-a-perpetual-state-of-being-created-and-creating/)

[Daniel J. Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-j-siegel/)

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> [In Nature nothing remains constant. Everything is in a perpetual state of transformation, motion and change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bohm/in-nature-nothing-remains-constant-everything-is-in-a-perpetual-state/)

[David Bohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bohm/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/113/david-bohm-4805_change_in-nature-nothing-remains-constant-every_2393828.jpg)

> [American policy seems to be wed to a perpetual state of war. Why? History shows that the world will always be in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camille-paglia/american-policy-seems-to-be-wed-to-a-perpetual-state-of-war-why/)

[Camille Paglia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camille-paglia/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53c/camille-paglia-652_competing_american-policy-seems-to-be-wed-to-a-per_1997651.jpg)

> [Many who have nothing opposed to the few who have everything, and as long as these disparities remain, as long as these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-belafonte/many-who-have-nothing-opposed-to-the-few-who-have-everything-and-as/)

[Harry Belafonte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-belafonte/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/508/harry-belafonte-4893_disparity_many-who-have-nothing-opposed-to-the-few_1013441.png)

> [In nature nothing remains constant. Everything is in a perpetual state of transformation, motion, and change. However, we discover that nothing simply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bohm/in-nature-nothing-remains-constant-everything-is-in-a-perpetual-state-2/)

[David Bohm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bohm/)

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