impermanence Quotes

Every man's life lies within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain.

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are, and to make new things like them.

Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.

Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

Do every act of your life as if it were your last.

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.