Time

"In magic - and in life - there is only the present moment, the now. You can't measure time the way you measure the distance between two points. 'Time' doesn't pass. We human beings have enormous difficulty in focusing on the present; we're always thinking about what we did, about how we could have done it better, about the consequences of our actions, and about why we didn't act as we should have. Or else we think about the future, about what we're going to do tomorrow, what precautions we should take, what dangers await us around the next corner, how to avoid what we don't want and how to get what we have always dreamed of."

"Life is a funny thing. We only get so many years to live it, so we have to do everything we can to make sure those years are as full as they can be. We shouldn't waste time on things that might happen someday, or maybe even never."

"It’s always about timing. If it’s too soon, no one understands. If it’s too late, everyone’s forgotten."

"Suspect each moment, for it is a thief, tiptoeing away with more than it brings."

"It's paradoxical that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone."

"Everyday is a bank account, and time is our currency. No one is rich, no one is poor, we've got 24 hours each."

"And meanwhile time goes about its immemorial work of making everyone look and feel like shit."

"Realize deeply that the present moment is all you will ever have."

"Life has a way of going in circles. Ideally, it would be a straight path forward––we'd always know where we were going, we'd always be able to move on and leave everything else behind. There would be nothing but the present and the future. Instead, we always find ourselves where we started. When we try to move ahead, we end up taking a step back. We carry everything with us, the weight exhausting us until we want to collapse and give up. We forget things we try to remember. We remember things we'd rather forget. The most frightening thing about memory is that it leaves no choice. It has mastered an incomprehensible art of forgetting. It erases, it smudges, it fills in blank spaces with details that don't exist. But however we remember it––or choose to remember it––the past is the foundation that holds our lives in place. Without its support, we'd have nothing for guidance. We spend so much time focused on what lies ahead, when what has fallen behind is just as important. What defines us isn't where we're going, but where we've been. Although there are places and people we will never see again, and although we move on and let them go, they remain a part of who we are. There are things that will never change, things we will carry along with us always. But as we venture into the murky future, we must find our strength by learning to leave things behind."

"When you are measuring life, you are not living it."

"It's such a shame to waste time. We always think we have so much of it."

"L'éternité, c'est long ... surtout vers la fin."

"I'm afraid of time... I mean, I'm afraid of not having enough time. Not enough time to understand people, how they really are, or to be understood myself. I'm afraid of the quick judgements or mistakes everybody makes. You can't fix them without time. I'm afraid of seeing snapshots, not movies."

"There's no advantage to hurrying through life." -Shikamaru Nara"

"Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead."

"There will be time, there will be time To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet."

"Life is short. Focus on what really matters most. You have to change your priorities over time."

"The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run."

"There is more to life than simply increasing its speed."

"It's worth making time to find the things that really stir your soul. That’s what makes you really feel alive. You have to say ‘no’ to other things you’re used to, and do it with all your heart."