Quotes about Fleeting

Remember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant; all the rest of his life is either past and gone, or not yet revealed. Short, therefore, is man's life, and narrow is the corner of the earth wherein he dwells.

We live in a state of siege. If one takes a close look at each fragment of a moment, one might choke with terror. Within our bodies disintegration inexorably advances; soon we shall fall sick and die. Our loved ones will leave us, the memory of them will dissolve in the tumult; nothing will remain. Just a few clothes in the wardrobe and someone in a photograph, no longer recognized. The most precious memories will dissipate. Everything will sink into darkness and vanish.

What is will not last forever.

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.

Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.

The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.

As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.

He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.

I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up quicker than grass.

My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.

Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?