Quotes by Impermanence Impermanence is the law of the universe. Carlene Hatcher Polite impermanence universe law One must be deeply aware of the impermanence of the world. Dogen impermanence world The hardest thing for me is the sense of impermanence. All passes; nothing returns. Ellen Glasgow impermanence hardest return It is better to live in a state of impermanence than in one of finality. Gaston Bachelard impermanence finality states Perhaps family itself, like beauty, is temporary, and no discredit need attach to impermanence. Gregory Maguire impermanence temporary needs Meditation is a vehicle for opening to the truth of this impermanence on deeper and deeper levels. Jack Kornfield impermanence levels meditation Take the goods the gods provide, and don't stand and sulk when they are snatched away. Mary McMullen impermanence dying death It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not. Nhat Hanh impermanence permanent suffering To put it concisely, we suffer when we resist the noble and irrefutable truth of impermanence and death. Pema Chodron impermanence noble suffering the knowledge of impermanence that haunts our days is their very fragrance. Rainer Maria Rilke impermanence fragrance Is not impermanence the very fragrance of our days? Rainer Maria Rilke impermanence fragrance The impermanence of the universe is manifest, inescapable. I know that, yet I am immoderately attached to this life, these pleasures, this place. Stephanie Mills impermanence this-life pleasure Nothing lasts. Not even a great sorrow. Storm Jameson impermanence lasts sorrow In life nothing goes on for ever, even if it looks exactly as if it would. Ursula Bloom impermanence goes-on looks Our lives are ruled by impermanence. The challenge is how to create something of enduring value within the context of our impermanent lives. Soka Gakkai William Hazlitt impermanence practice challenges