Flux of Existence Quotes

Keep in mind how fast things pass by and are gone - those that are now, and those to come. Existence flows past us like a river; the "what" is in constant flux, the "why" has a thousand variations. Nothing is stable, not even what's right here. The infinity of past and future gapes before us - a chasm whose depths we cannot see.

Everything is in flux: everything changes; the body changes, the soul changes. We are capable of extraordinary self-transmutat ion and internal self-transforma tion.

Just as the introduction of the irrational numbers ... is a convenient myth [which] simplifies the laws of arithmetic ... so physical objects are postulated entities which round out and simplify our account of the flux of existence... The conceptional scheme of physical objects is [likewise] a convenient myth, simpler than the literal truth and yet containing that literal truth as a scattered part.

Time is the product of changing realities, beings, existences.

Time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life.

There is no essence, but there is a flux that is more real than any instance of the flux, such as a milk bottle or a tiger.

Life depends on change, and renewal.

In the nature of things, I must soon lose sight of this sense of constant metamorphosis whose limits bound our human life.