Transient Quotes

168 quotes by 142 authors

I see no good reason why the views given this volume [The Origin of Species] should shock the religious feelings of any one. It is… — Charles Darwin
I was taking care of people my age who were dying. The constant feeling, hearing from them, was that life is transient and can end… — Abraham Verghese
The particular features of the photographic method of detecting atomic particles enabled us to establish the existence of transient forms of matter which had escaped… — Cecil Frank Powell
Reflect upon the defects of your character: thoroughly realize their evils and the transient pleasures they give you, and firmly will that you shall try… — H. P. Blavatsky
Art is difficult, transient is her reward. — Friedrich Schiller
The search for some ultimate significance in the universe, and in our little transient role in it, the compulsion to learn, to know, to find… — Dale Rex Coman
There is nothing wrong with the world of physicality. There is nothing wrong with existence. It's perfect ... but it's terribly transient. — Frederick Lenz
It's only illusions that destroy us. It's illusions that convince us that we can't. It's the illusions of the transient that tell us that all… — Frederick Lenz
O! useful may it be to have shewn, that, though the vicious can sometimes pour affliction upon the good, their power is transient and their… — Ann Radcliffe
Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think theyâ€™re finished. The person you are right now is as transient, as fleeting and as temporary… — Daniel Gilbert
Critics are the products of their own times and biases and what they have to say about works of art is as transient and insubstantial… — Robert Genn
When you make people angry, they act in accordance with their baser instincts, often violently and irrationally. When you inspire people, they act in accordance… — Peace Pilgrim
When I talk about the realm of spirit, happiness, nirvana, enlightenment, I'm not talking about something ideal or imaginary. There are realms of light that… — Frederick Lenz
Discrimination, viveka, means you know the difference between the transient and the eternal. That's what discrimination means in Shankara's yoga. — Frederick Lenz
Am I reserved? I think I agree with that. I don't think I'm particularly original. I am quite homey, though. But then I'm also quite… — Carey Mulligan
Love is a strange emotion. It is ever evolving. Lust is transient. With time, one realizes that love and togetherness are two different things. Very… — Randeep Hooda
Look in the mirror, and don't be tempted to equate transient domination with either intrinsic superiority or prospects for extended survival. — Stephen Jay Gould
In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds. — Robert Green Ingersoll
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies! — St. Jerome
Owing to ignorance of the rope the rope appears to be a snake; owing to ignorance of the Self the transient state arises of the… — Guru Nanak

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