Time Quotes

"Being and time determine each other reciprocally in a manner that is still concealed from us."

"Authentic time emerges not from the clock but from our existential commitments."

"Time is that which man is always trying to kill, but which ends in killing him."

"Time is the substance of life itself."

"Time is the medium in which all existence takes place."

"We are products of our times, yet we also shape the times in which we live."

"Time is not a container in which events occur but the dimension in which meaning unfolds."

"Time is the dimension in which the self comes to know itself through experience and reflection."

"A perfection of meaning only comes through time and experience."

"Time is a sign, and all signs take time to develop their full meaning."

"Time is the fundamental dimension of human existence."

"Temporality is not in time; time is in temporality."

"The primordial present moment is where all meaning originates and flows into the past and future."

"The past is not gone; it lives in consciousness as retention, shaping the present moment."

"Every moment of consciousness is a synthesis of memory, perception, and anticipation into a living present."

"The essence of time is that it is never present; presence is always already past or anticipatory."

"We live through a constant process of sedimentation where past meanings become habitualities and dispositions."

"The passive synthesis of time—retention and protention—is the foundation of all active consciousness."

"Time is that which man is always trying to kill, but which ends in killing him."

"Nothing can ever happen twice."

"We live forward, but we understand backwards."

"The present is the only place where the past and the future meet."

"We create our own future by the choices we make in the present moment."

"Time is a creation of human minds."

"The past lives in us; we are the inheritors and interpreters of historical tradition."

"The present moment is always a synthesis of past influences and future possibilities."

"The past is never simply past; it lives in our present understanding and future possibilities."

"Our understanding of the past is always colored by our present concerns and future aspirations."

"The present is always laden with the weight and possibility of the past."

"If you want to go down deep, you do not need to travel far; you must go down, not in space, but in time."