Georges Braque Quotes

You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.

Nothing is to come, and nothing past: But an eternal now, does always last.

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.

We can none of us step into the same river twice, but the river flows on and the other river we step into is cool and refreshing, too

All things are flowing, even those that seem immovable. The adamant is always passing into smoke. The plants imbibe the materialswhich they want from the air and the ground. They burn, that is, exhale and decompose their own bodies into the air and earth again. The animal burns, or undergoes the like perpetual consumption. The earth burns, the mountains burn and decompose, slower, but incessantly.

Everything is change; and you cannot step twice into the same river.

On the surface it seems that the present moment is only one of many, many moments. Each day of your life appears to consist of thousands of moments where different things happen. Yet if you look more deeply, is there not only one moment, ever? Is life ever not this moment? This one moment, now, is the only thing you can never escape from. The one constant factor in your life. No matter what happens. No matter how much your life changes. One thing is certain. Its always now. Since there is no escape from the now, why not welcome it, become friendly with it.

Nothing is lasting but change; nothing perpetual but death.

You cannot go into the same water twice.

Few - very few - of our attainments are so profound that they are valid for always; even if they are so, they need adjustment, a straightening here, a loosening there, like an old garment to be fitted to the body.

You know this moment in time Is all my life Every day is each day that's passed Every person alive is everyone's who's died

The world is being created every minute, and the world is falling to pieces every minute

Nothing endures except life: the capacity for birth, growth, and renewal.

Who pants for glory, finds but short repose; A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows.

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

It was a love of perpetual flight.

Yet while nature is in constant flux, we always go against the grain and try to freeze our ideas and experiences and make them absolute. It is egotism that makes us identify with one opinion rather than another, become quarrelsome and unkind, say *this* could not mean *that*, and think we have a duty to change others to suit ourselves.

It is better to live in a state of impermanence than in one of finality.

All change is a miracle to contemplate, but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant.

there never is a happy ending because nothing ever ends.

Eternity is not future or past. Eternity is a dimension of now. It is a dimension of the human spirit -- which is eternal. Find that eternal dimension in yourself, and you will ride through time, and throughout the whole length of your days.

TIME is not a thing that's ours to lose.

Ever-newer waters flow on those who step into the same rivers.

We are but a day in this world, and in that day the fashion is changed a thousand times: all seek liberty, yet all deprive themselves of it.