Passing Away Quotes

190 Passing Away quotes by 155 unique authors

Vain vision! when the changing world each day Sees some such lordly pleasance pass away; When the mere stripling knows my symbols all Worn tokes,… — Ruth Pitter
The nature of finite things is to have the seed of their passing-away as their essential being: the hour of their birth is the hour… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Life without Freedom is like a body without a soul, and Freedom without Thought is like a confused spirit. . . . Life, Freedom and… — Khalil Gibran
Reason is the cause of our falsification of the evidence of the senses. In so far as the senses show becoming, passing away, change, they… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I think the best analogy for where we are right now is that America is Elvis Presley -- the most beautiful, talented, rebellious nation in… — John Oliver
The word 'ivory' rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it. A taint of imbecile rapacity blew… — Joseph Conrad
Balance out the good things and the bad that have happened in your life and you will have to acknowledge that you are still way… — Boethius
We can make war so terrible and make them so sick of war that generations pass away before they again appeal to it. — William Tecumseh Sherman
The Greeks do not think correctly about coming-to-be and passing-away; for no thing comes to be or passes away, but is mixed together and dissociated… — Anaxagoras
Now I want you to think that in life troubles will come, which seem as if they never would pass away. The night and storm… — George MacDonald
How does one stay mindful? Where feelings are known as they arise, known as they persist, known as they pass away. Thoughts are known as… — Gautama Buddha
Whenever and wherever one encounters the arising and passing away of the mental-physical structure, one enjoys bliss and delight, which lead on to the deathless… — Gautama Buddha
Sometimes this world comes between us and what we love. But if we are patient, when this world passes away, there will be no more… — Yasmin Mogahed
The masters only point the way. But if you meditate And follow the dharma You will free yourself from desire. 'Everything arises and passes away.'… — Gautama Buddha
You too shall pass away. Knowing this, how can you quarrel? — Gautama Buddha
All composite things pass away. Strive for your own liberation with diligence. — Gautama Buddha
Everything beautiful has its moment and then passes away. — Unknown Author
If things do not exist as fixed, independent entities, then how can they die? Our notion of death as the sudden expiration of that which… — Mark Epstein
Babe Ruth, what can you say? You are almost speechless when people put your name alongside his name. I wish I can go back in… — Mark McGwire
I have watched the river and the sea for a lifetime. I have seen rivers rob soil from the roots of trees until the giants… — Keri Hulme
Remember that although bodies may pass away, the energy that connects you to a loved one is everlasting and can always be felt when you’re… — Doreen Virtue
The body is not important. It is made of dust; it is made of ashes. It is food for the worms. The winds and the… — Rudolfo Anaya
We are not content to pass away entirely from the scenes of our delight; we would leave, if but in gratitude, a pillar and a… — Robert Louis Stevenson
This civilization is rapidly passing away, however. Let us rejoice or else lament the fact as much as everyone of us likes; but do not… — Joseph A. Schumpeter
Oh, how swiftly the glory of the world passes away! — Thomas a Kempis

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