“Death will be so quick to swoop on you; Gather merit till that moment comes! Wait till then to banish laziness? Then there'll be no time, what will you do? "This I have not done. And this I'm only starting. And this - I'm only halfway through ..." Then is the sudden coming of the Lord of Death, And oh, the thought 'Alas, I'm finished.'” DoneMomentsWaitingLordStartingFinishedMeritThat MomentLazinessProcrastinationAlasHalfway Author:Shantideva
“The moment when the finished book or, better yet, a tightly packed carton of finished books arrives on my doorstep is the moment of truth, of culmination; its bliss lasts as much as five minutes, until the first typographical error or production flaw is noticed.” FirstsBookMomentsLastsFiveMinutesErrorsProductionsFinishedBlissFlawsFive MinutesDoorstepCulminationMoment Of Truth Book:More Matter: Essays And Criticism Source: More Matter: Essays And Criticism
“The doctrine of the Second Coming teaches us that we do not and cannot know when the world drama will end. The curtain may be rung down at any moment: say, before you have finished reading this paragraph.” KnowsWorldMayEndsMomentsReadingTeachDramaFinishedDoctrineCurtainsParagraph Book:Joyful Christian Source: Joyful Christian
“Kicking leaves you momentarily on one foot, and for that moment you are in a very weak position. If you were to be swept off your feet, you would be finished. This is why lifting your feet off the ground is crazy.” IfsMomentsWould BeFeetCrazyPositionWeakFinishedThat MomentLiftingKickingFeet Off The Ground Author:Morihei Ueshiba
“Our hearts are continuously rebellious. Every time we sin in thought, word, or deed, we're essentially saying in that moment that, "I don't need you God. I don't want you God. I like my way better than your way." If this goes on day after day after day, year after year, month after month, it would understandable for God to say, "I've given you ten trillion tries. You're finished." But it's not. So in that sense, His grace is always surprising, never ceases to be amazing and His mercy is remarkably outrageous.” IfsWayWantNeedsTryingYearsHeartMomentsGivenSinGraceMonthsGoes OnTenMercyDeedsFinishedCeaseMy WayThat MomentSurprisingNeed YouRebelliousOutrageousDon't Need YouI Don't Need You Author:Tullian Tchividjian
“I don't think there's any single finished point for a work. It's done when something's happening with the work that feels like a balanced, coherent disharmony. That's one way to say it. And where if I keep working on it, to discover and struggle with new problems, I'll obliterate the ones I was working on. I could keep working on it, but it'd become something different. And I value what's here, at the moment.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsDifferentDoneMomentsProblemValuesStruggleHappeningsFinishedOne WayWorking ItBalancedDisharmony Author:Jessica Stockholder
“The eternal task of song can never be finished in a single lifetime. That is the beauty and fascination of the art. Once you begin to phrase finely, you will feel more joy in the beautiful finish of a beautiful phrase than that caused by the loudest applause of an immense audience. The latter excites for a moment; the former endures forever.” FeelsArtMomentsBeautifulJoySongAudienceForeverEternalTasksLifetimeEndureFinishedFormerPhrasesLatterImmenseFascinationApplauseSingle Life Author:Nellie Melba