impermanence Quotes

Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.

A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?

Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed.

Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

You only lose what you cling to.

The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;' thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain.