Decay Quotes

437 Decay quotes by 341 unique authors

The degradation of the sense of symbol in modern society is one of its many signs of spiritual decay. — Thomas Merton
When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children,… — Brian Aldiss
The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world. — Gautama Buddha
As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but… — Sallust
And he who has considered all the contrasts on this earth, and is no more disturbed by anything whatever in the world, the Peaceful One,… — Gautama Buddha
Let go the past, let go the future, and let go the present (front, back, middle). Crossing to the farther shore of existence, with mind… — Gautama Buddha
When I was a young man, near the beginning of my life, I looked around with true mindfulness and saw that all things are subject… — Gautama Buddha
High quality water is more than the dream of the conservationists, more than a political slogan; high quality water, in the right quantity at the… — Richard Bangs
Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay. — Sallust
Time on its back bears all things far away - Full many a challenge is wrought by many a day - Shape, fortune, name, and… — Plato
Romans says the creation was 'subjected to frustration, in hope that it will be liberated from its bondage to decay.' In hope! There is hope… — Unknown Author
To a Mistress Dying Lover. YOUR beauty, ripe and calm and fresh As eastern summers are, Must now, forsaking time and flesh, Add light to… — William Davenant
... I feel tired to death, paralyzed by this mysteriously wasted life's stubborn concentration on hopelessness and dissolution. It occurs to me that if I… — Christer Kihlman
See how time makes all grief decay. — Adelaide Anne Procter
Where wealth accumulates, men decay. — Oliver Goldsmith
The future of nations cannot be frozen . . . cannot be foreseen. If we are going to accomplish anything in our time we must… — Herbert Hoover
Probably the worst thing that has happened in America in my time is the decay of confidence in the courts. No one can be sure… — H. L. Mencken
You making haste on decay: not blameworthy; life is good, be it stubbornly long or suddenly A mortal splendor: meteors are not needed less than… — Robinson Jeffers
When it becomes a part of every man's thinking that a single thought can change the polarity of our entire body toward either life or… — Walter Russell
If there is one place on the face of the earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very… — Romain Rolland

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