Quotes by Transitory why shouldnt things be largely absurd, futile, and transitory? they are so, and we are so, and they and we go together. George Santayana transitory absurd together All that is transitory is but a metaphor. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe transitory metaphor All things are only transitory. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe transitory literature all-things Everything transitory is but an image. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe transitory God alone is truth, everything else is transitory and illusory. Mahatma Gandhi transitory illusory god Love, from its very nature, must be transitory. Mary Wollstonecraft transitory panacea All forms are transitory, that is why all religions say, "God has no form". Swami Vivekananda transitory form