Quotes about Time

Salvation is a process, not an event.

One of the great wonders of Christianity is that you were born into your times, to set your times aright.

Sometimes it takes time for a person to be ready to forgive. It often helps to explain that forgiveness is not saying it didn't matter; it is not saying we simply choose to overlook the offense. Forgiveness is saying the cross is enough—we require no further payment than Jesus paid. Forgiveness is releasing the person to God for him to deal with.

This is why, if you want to get to know someone, you need to know their story. Their life is a story. It, too, has a past and a future. It, too, unfolds in a series of scenes over the course of time.

The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of our planet.

The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardner objected that the tree was slow growing and wouldn't reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, In that case, there is no time to lose; plant it this afternoon!

We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch.

I have two luxuries to brood over in my walks, your loveliness and the hour of my death.

Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans. You better believe it.

The past is over and done and cannot be changed. This is the only moment we can experience.

The most intractable of our experiences is the experience of Time-the intuition of duration, combined with the thought of perpetual perishing.

God himself culminates in the present moment, and will never be more divine in the lapse of all the ages.