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Read through the most famous quotes by topic #permanence




The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.


Bertrand Russell


#permanent #philosophy #men

Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them.


Paulo Coelho


#loss #posessions #transience #nothing

...nothing wonderful lasted forever. Joy was as fleeting as a shooting star that crossed the evening sky, ready to blink out at any moment.


Nicholas Sparks


#happiness #impermanence #joy #star #sky

I have no news of my coming or passing away-- the whole thing happened quicker than a breath; ask no questions of the moth.


فرید الدین عطار


#mayfly-and-pilgrim #zen #zen

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.


Thomas Carlyle


#discouragement #distinguishes #impossibilities #obstacle #permanence

The intellectual evolution of the race consists in an increase in the number, delicacy, complexity, permanence and speed of formation of such associations.


Edward Thorndike


#complexity #consists #delicacy #evolution #formation

That time is important. It gives a comforting illusion of permanence not found in running by the mile.


Joe Henderson


#found #gives #illusion #important #mile

So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.


William Shakespeare


#love #permanence #sonnet- #life

It is the logic of consumerism that undermines the values of loyalty and permanence and promotes a different set of values that is destructive of family life.


Christopher Lasch


#destructive #different #different set #family #family life

Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.


Jean Paul


#brought #change #characters #gentle #ones






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