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  1. A quotation from The Bible

    We look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
     
    [μὴ σκοπούντων ἡμῶν τὰ βλεπόμενα ἀλλὰ τὰ μὴ βλεπόμενα· τὰ γὰρ βλεπόμενα πρόσκαιρα, τὰ δὲ μὴ βλεπόμενα αἰώνια.]

    The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
    2 Corinthians 4: 18 [KJV (1611)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-nt/81657/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #newtestament #2Corinthians #eternity #impermanency #impermanence #invisibility #permanence #permanency #spirit #temporality #transcendence #transience #visibility #world

  2. A quotation from Cicero

    Nothing flourishes for ever; each generation gives place to its successor.
     
    [Nihil enim semper floret; aetas succedit aetati.]

    Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
    Philippics [Philippicae; Antonian Orations], No. 11, ch. 15 / sec. 39 (11.15/11.39) (43-02 BC) [ed. Harbottle (1897)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #philippic #impermanence #age #change #era #flourish #flower #generation #passageoftime #success #succession #successor #transience

  3. A quotation from Shakespeare

    GAUNT: His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last,
       For violent fires soon burn out themselves;
       Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short;
       He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes;
       With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder;
       Light vanity, insatiate cormorant,
       Consuming means, soon preys upon itself.

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Richard II, Act 2, sc. 1, l. 37ff (2.1.37-44) (1595)

    More info about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #richardii #blowingover #brevity #burningout #fierceness #fuel #selfconsumption #transience

  4. A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

    Soon you will have forgotten the world, and soon the world will have forgotten you.
     
    [Ἐγγὺς μὲν ἡ σὴ περὶ πάντων λήθη, ἐγγὺς δὲ ἡ πάντων περὶ σοῦ λήθη.]

    Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
    Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 7, ch. 21 (7.21) (AD 161-180) [tr. Staniforth (1964)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/marcus-aureleus/7926…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marcusaurelius #marcusaureliusmeditations #remembrance #afterlife #brevity #death #fame #forget #forgotten #history #passageoftime #past #renown #reputation #time #transience #unimportance #marchoftime #timemarcheson

  5. To mark the transition into the second half of the solar year, we tend to things transient, unfinished, and overlooked. Some experiments and impressions of being with the world-at-large, foreshadowing the 'wabi sabi' reader from the @FoAM Anarchive.

    An invitation to wander, to watch and wait, noticing and letting things unfold. 🍂

    #anarchive #wabisabi #transience #noticing #overlooked #unfinished #侘び寂び

    [Caligraphy by Maki Ueda]