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The slave is doomed to worship time and fate and death, because they are greater than anything he finds in himself, and because all his thoughts are of things which they devour.

The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home: Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.

The split second she ceases to care is the only time a woman ceases to be attractive.

... the spring, the summer, The chilling autumn, angry winter, change Their wonted liveries; and the mazed world By their increase, now knows not which is which.

The startings and arrivals of the cars are now the epochs in the village day.

The state exists for man, not man for the state. The same may be said of science. These are old phrases, coined by people who saw in human individuality the highest human value. I would hesitate to repeat them, were it not for the ever recurring danger that they may be forgotten, especially in these days of organization and stereotypes.

The struggle to save the global environment is in one way much more difficult than the struggle to vanquish Hitler, for this time the war is with ourselves. We are the enemy, just as we have only ourselves as allies.

The sublime is contained in a grain of dust.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

The sunlight on the garden Hardens and grows cold, We cannot cage the minute Within its nets of gold

The sun proceeds unmoved To measure off another day For an approving God.

The test of our religion is whether it fits us to meet emergencies. A man has no more character than he can command in a time of crisis.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.

The thinker dies, but his thoughts are beyond the reach of destruction. Men are mortal; but ideas are immortal.

The theory has to be interpreted that extra dimensions beyond the ordinary four dimensions the three spatial dimensions plus time are sufficiently small that they haven't been observed yet.

The time for your labor has been granted.

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

The thought of our past years in me doth breed perpetual benedictions.

The time for action is now. It's never too late to do something.

The time has come for all good men to rise above principle.

The time I kill is killing me.

The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it.

The time to begin most things is ten years ago.

The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.

The timeless moment. - The "moment" has no yesterday or tomorrow. It is not the result of thought and therefore has no time.

The time will come when every change shall cease, This quick revolving wheel shall rest in peace: No summer then shall glow, not winter freeze; Nothing shall be to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now shall ever last.

The time has come to end this charade. The debts are unaffordable. If they won't cancel the debts I would suggest obstruction; you do it yourselves. Africa should say: 'thank you very much but we need this money to meet the needs of children who are dying right now so we will put the debt servicing payments into urgent social investment in health, education, drinking water, control of AIDS and other needs.'

The tradition of nonviolence, optimism, concern for the individual, and unconditional compassion that developed in Tibet is the culmination of a slow inner revolution, a cool one, hard to see, that began 2,500 years ago with the Buddha's insight about the end of suffering. What I have learned from these people has forever changed my life, and I believe their culture contains an inner science particularly relevant to the difficult time in which we live.

The time-honored bread-sauce of the happy ending.

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

The trouble with born-again Christians is that they are an even bigger pain the second time around.

The trouble is you think you have time.

The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.

The true finish is the work of time, and the use to which a thing is put. The elements are still polishing the pyramids.

The trouble with life in the fast lane is that you get to the other end in an awful hurry

The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it.

The truth, the hope of any time, must always be sought in minorities.

The truth is, the Science of Nature has been already too long made only a work of the Brain and the Fancy: It is now high time that it should return to the plainness and soundness of Observations on material and obvious things.

The universe must be experienced as the Great Self. Each is fulfilled in the other: the Great Self is fulfilled in the individual self, the individual self is fulfilled in the Great Self. Alienation is overcome as soon as we experience this surge of energy from the source that has brought the universe through the centuries. New fields of energy become available to support the human venture. These new energies find expression and support in celebration. For in the end the universe can only be explained in terms of celebration. It is all an exuberant expression of existence itself.

The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do.

The universe may be timeless, but if you imagine breaking it into pieces, some of the pieces can serve as clocks for the others. Time emerges from timelessness. We perceive time because we are, by our very nature, one of those pieces.

The urgent finds you; you have to find the important. Importance is not fast. It is slow. It is not superficial. It is deep. And as a result, it's extremely powerful. When important matters go wrong, they undermine everything. When they go right, they sustain everything.

The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done".

The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job.

The velocity with which time flies is infinite, as is most apparent to those who look back.

the wasting of time is the most personal, most private, most intimate form of conversation with oneself, as well as with another.

The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.

The way to succeed is never quit. That's it. But really be humble about it. ... You start out lowly and humble and you carefully try to learn an accretion of little things that help you get there.

The way to wealth is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality: that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality nothing will do, and with them everything.

The way we metabolize our experience of time influences our biological clock.