Impermanence Quotes

"The individual is ephemeral, races and nations come and pass away, but man remains" "The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless." "The greater part of human activity is designed to make permanent those experiences and joys which are only lovable because they are changing." "To remain stable is to exist on the brink of collapse" "If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever" "The meaning of life is that it stops" "Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever." "Thanks to impermanence, everything is possible." "We are but a moment's sunlight fading in the grass" "It takes getting everything you ever wanted and then losing it, to know what true freedom is" "The world changes and all that once was strong now proves unsure " "We the mortals touch the metals, the wind, the ocean shores, the stones, knowing they will go on, inert or burning, and I was discovering, naming all the things: it was my destiny to love and say goodbye." "Life is just a party, and parties weren't meant to last" "There's something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now." "We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever."