Transitory Quotes

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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual. — Socrates
In the end, the only events of my life worth telling are those when the imperishable world erupted into this transitory one All other memories… — Carl Jung
All great art is by its very essence in conflict with the society with which it exists. It expresses the truth about the existence regardless… — Erich Fromm
We mourn the transitory things and fret under the yoke of the immutable ones. — Paul Eldridge
The glory of the world is transitory, and we should not measure our lives by it, but by the choice we make to follow our… — Paulo Coelho
Love from its very nature must be transitory. To seek for a secret that would render it constant would be as wild a search as… — Mary Wollstonecraft
It is true that some secluded intellectuals in their esoteric circles talk differently. They proclaim the priority of what they call eternal absolute values and… — Ludwig von Mises
Advanced Courses [in Scientology] are the most valuable service on the planet. Life insurance, houses, cars, stocks, bonds, college savings, all are transitory and impermanent...… — L. Ron Hubbard
Youth -- nothing else worth having in the world...and I had youth, the transitory, the fugitive, now, completely and abundantly. Yet what was I going… — Richard Halliburton
Along my journey / through this transitory world, / new year's housecleaning. — Matsuo Basho
The happiness of the world is transitory. The less you become attached to the world, the more you enjoy peace of mind. — Sarada Devi
All forms are transitory, that is why all religions say, "God has no form". — Swami Vivekananda
All great art is revolutionary because it touches upon the reality of man and questions the reality of the various transitory forms of human society. — Eric Hoffer
Clay can be a metaphor for many things. I made it a metaphor for flesh and earth, and these are two kinds of generic givens… — Stephen De Staebler
What can the redwoods tell us about ourselves? Well, I think they can tell us something about human time. The flickering, transitory quality of human… — Richard Preston
You cannot achieve happiness. Happiness happens and is a transitory stage. Imagine how happy I felt when I got relief from bladder pressure. How long… — Frederick Salomon Perls
Taoism shows us how to deal with life and death by realizing everything here is transitory but its substance is eternal: — Frederick Lenz
The progress of Science consists in observing interconnections and in showing with a patient ingenuity that the events of this ever-shifting world are but examples… — Alfred North Whitehead
Christ wishes to raise men up to heaven, and has given them all the means to attain this; whilst the Devil, who himself for his… — John of Kronstadt
History distinguishes what is accidental and transitory in human nature from what is essential and immutable. — Thomas B. Macaulay

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