Time Quotes
We all get the same 24 hours. These quotes explore what we do with them and why it matters.
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"Time is the one resource no one can create more of, so choose carefully."Sundar Pichai
"Memory is not a recording but a continuous rewriting shaped by the present"Jacques Lacan
"Forgetting is not a weakness but a necessary function of memory"Jacques Lacan
"I don't think anybody should write their autobiography until after they're dead."Linus Torvalds
"I don't have a five-year plan. I have a 'what can I do today' plan."Linus Torvalds
"We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing."R.D. Laing
"The present moment is the only reality we ever inhabit."D.W. Winnicott
"The present is always full if we are truly present."D.W. Winnicott
"The past is not dead; it shapes our present and future."Anna Freud
"Time spent on self-understanding is never wasted."Karen Horney
"It is only when we truly know and understand that we have a very limited time on earth and that we will almost certainly die before we ever accomplish everything we want to do that we can begin to live."Bruno Bettelheim
"The past is not behind us; it structures our present."Jacques Lacan
"Every hour wounds us; the last one kills us."R.D. Laing
"Time is a prison we construct together."R.D. Laing
"What matters is not the meaning of life in general, but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment."Victor Frankl
"Anxiety about the future is often rooted in unresolved conflicts of the past."Anna Freud
"Time is not linear; it is cyclical and mythic"Wendy Doniger
"Time in therapy is not linear progress but circular deepening of understanding."D.W. Winnicott
"Time is the dimension of becoming subject."Jacques Lacan
"The future anterior structures human anticipation."Jacques Lacan
"Memory is the treasure house of the mind."R.D. Laing
"Time is experienced rather than measured."R.D. Laing
"The eternal return is the ultimate meaning of existence"Mircea Eliade
"Time is the first mystery"Mircea Eliade
"Time consciousness is the burden of modern man"Mircea Eliade
"Time and eternity are locked in eternal dialogue"Mircea Eliade
"Time is both curse and blessing"Mircea Eliade
"Every moment contains eternity"Mircea Eliade
"Time consciousness separates humans from nature"Mircea Eliade
"The past is not fixed; it is continuously reinterpreted through the lens of our current understanding."D.W. Winnicott