Impermanent Quotes

She didn't want anyone reading her impermanent thoughts after she had permanently left the planet. — Wendy Wunder

Photographers are victims of paradox, tracking the impermanent to make it permanent. — Ray Metzker

Everything is impermanent, except the love of God. — Neem Karoli Baba

"All conditioned things are impermanent" - when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering. — Gautama Buddha

Knowing all objects to be impermanent, let not their contact blind you, resolve again and again to be aware of the Self that is permanent. — Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

Everything is so fleeting and impermanent. It's enough to drive you bat shit crazy. — Shane Kuhn

That which is impermanent attracts compassion. That which is not provides wisdom. (116) — Stephen Levine

Don't cling to things because everything is impermanent. — Mitch Albom

Twitter is very impulsive and impermanent and you only have 140 characters. There is no greater 'Emperor' of Twitter than Stephen Fry. — David Tang

The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death. — Ramakrishna

It's all impermanent, and in perfect rapture — Brian E. Miller

The world seemed so perfect, so complete, and yet so impermanent that I nearly wept. — Anita Diamant

When death finally comes you will welcome it like an old friend, being aware of how dreamlike and impermanent the pheneomenal world really is. — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

All created things are impermanent. Strive diligently. — Gautama Buddha

The world is impermanent. [All things change. Knowing this helps you see the end of any difficulty and thereby have hope.] — Ramakrishna

You do not suffer because things are impermanent. You suffer because things are impermanent and you think they are permanent. — Nhat Hanh

I want to make something that's fleeting and impermanent but so real and deep and loud. — Janet McNally

Everything is impermanent: happiness, sorrow, a great meal, a powerful empire, what we're feeling, the people around us, ourselves. — Sharon Salzberg

The impermanent, which is the body, is given too much importance. The permanent, which is the Atman, is completely forgotten. This should change. — Mata Amritanandamayi

Vintage books, old china, antiques; maybe I love old things so much because I feel impermanent myself. — Josh Lanyon

The heart does not derive pure pleasure from what is impermanent. — Said Nursi

We are identifying with what is passing so fear comes. We are trying to make steady and permanent what is by nature impermanent. — Mooji

The world is not impermanent if one lives there after knowing God. — Ramakrishna

A man's name, title, and rank are artificial and impermanent; they do nothing to reveal what he really is, even to himself. — Jean Giraudoux

I can't believe that we could be so impermanent — Nina LaCour

A farmhouse has a way of feeling both timeless and impermanent without ever committing to either side. — John Darnielle

If things were not impermanent, life would not be possible. — Nhat Hanh