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 spent in wisdom's pursuit is time invested in eternity."Church, Alonzo
"Time is the measure of all things; understanding time is understanding existence."Poincaré, Henri
"Time is the canvas on which the universe paints eternity."Whitehead, Alfred North
"Time is not merely a container for events; it structures thought itself."Dummett, Michael
"The whole of this cycle is set in such a way that the values keep increasing in a certain direction as time passes."Turing, Alan
"The nature of time remains one of philosophy's great challenges."Dummett, Michael
"Realism about the future is conceptually incoherent."Dummett, Michael
"No event is absorbed into the past; it remains eternally present in the form of a decided actuality."Whitehead, Alfred North
"Time is nature's way of preventing everything from happening at once."Whitehead, Alfred North
"Time is a human construction."Gödel, Kurt
"Time is the most valuable thing we have."Jackson, Frank
"Every moment is a fresh beginning."Jackson, Frank
"Time consciousness is fundamental to human existence and cannot be derived from physical processes."Nagel, Thomas
"The practical problem is how rapidly the machine can be expected to acquire knowledge on such topics."Turing, Alan
"Time itself may be an illusion created by the structure of our minds."Gödel, Kurt
"Time is not a dimension in space but a fundamental feature of our experience and understanding."Dummett, Michael
"Time is the currency we spend most recklessly yet cannot replenish"Jackson, Frank
"Time accelerates as we age because we map less of it consciously onto memory"Jackson, Frank
"Time is our most precious resource because it is finite."Dennett, Daniel
"Time is the medium through which all meaning unfolds."Jackson, Frank
"The present moment is all we ever truly possess."Jackson, Frank
"Time is the one currency we cannot earn back, only spend wisely."Jackson, Frank
"Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life"Wisdom, John
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now"Wisdom, John
"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment"Wisdom, John
"To dismiss virtue as old-fashioned is often to dismiss wisdom accumulated over centuries."Foot, Philippa
"Time is not a line but a web of interconnected moments."Davidson, Donald
"The present moment is the only place where life truly happens."Davidson, Donald
"Time is the medium in which we sculpt our lives."Wisdom, John
"Time does not heal; our choices during time do."Wisdom, John