Impermanence Quotes

59 quotes by 52 authors

Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind,… — Marcus Aurelius
The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it. — Mary Catherine Bateson
This idea of how everything is interconnected, and the impermanence of things.. It sums up the human condition to me, and it helps me on… — Jeff Bridges
Impermanence is a principle of harmony. When we don't struggle against it, we are in harmony with reality. — Pema Chodron
Impermanence is the law of the universe. — Carlene Hatcher Polite
There would be no chance at all of getting to know death if it happened only once. But fortunately, life is nothing but a continuing… — Sogyal Rinpoche
Ask yourself these two questions: Do I remember at every moment that I am dying, and that everyone and everything else is, and so treat… — Sogyal Rinpoche
How keen everyone is to make this world their home forgetting its impermanence It's like trying to see and name constellations in a fireworks display. — Nadeem Aslam
The practice of celibacy alone was opening me up to a deeper sense of the way the mind-body connection works. I saw over and over… — Noah Levine
Meditation is a vehicle for opening to the truth of this impermanence on deeper and deeper levels. — Jack Kornfield
See, see how the sun has moved onward while we talked. Nothing can stop it in its course. Prayers cannot halt the revolving of nature.… — Eiji Yoshikawa
Life is impermanent and in the face of that impermanence, cavort! Look death in the eye, tell him youâ€™re as cute as a button, flash… — Nancy Milford
With every glance I take in the 'negative-positive' of existence and the inevitability of impermanence to its glowing limits. Alone and haunted, I trust my… — Christophe Agou
Whenever ego suffers from fear of death & your practice turns to seeing impermanence, ego settles down. — Tsoknyi Rinpoche
Impermanence is not something to be afraid of. It's the evolution, a never-ending horizon. — Deepak Chopra
In our instinctive attachments, our fear of change, and our wish for certainty and permanence, we may undercut the impermanence which is our greatest strength,… — Rachel Naomi Remen
I think we defy entropy and impermanence with our films and our poems. We hold onto each other a little harder and say, 'I will… — Jason Silva
Is not impermanence the very fragrance of our days? — Rainer Maria Rilke
One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world. — Dogen
Each time the losses and deceptions of life teach us about impermanence, they bring us closer to the truth. When you fall from a great… — Sogyal Rinpoche

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