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“Florence Farr once said to me, If we could say to ourselves, with sincerity, 'this passing moment is as good as any I shall ever know,' we could die upon the instant and be united with God.”

Ifs Knows Said Moments Dies United Passing Passings Instant Sincerity Florence Passing Moments

Author:William Butler Yeats

“I like the idea that within the structure of the song, some kind of built-in improvisation keeps them fragile and in their moment, so that I'm not projecting so much, so that my perception of the song doesn't interfere with what its real body is. Sometimes it's like telling a story that I heard in passing, and I don't want it to become completely mine.”

Want Kind Ideas Real Sometimes Moments Stories Body Song Heard Mines Perception Built Structure Passing Passings Fragile Interfere Improvisation

Author:Ryan Adams

“You cannot judge a man's life by the success of a moment, by the victory of an hour, or even by the results of a year. You must view his life as a whole. You must stand where you can see the man as he treads the entire path that leads from the cradle to the grave - now crossing the plain, now climbing the steeps, now passing through pleasant fields, now wending his way with difficulty between rugged rocks - tempted, tried, tested, triumphant.”

Source: The Life and Speeches of Hon. Wm. Jennings Bryan

“Swift flies our time on pinions fleet, Like vapours on the breeze; The transient bliss we now call sweet, The passing moments seize. The gilded joy, the present hour, Soon wing themselves away; Departing like the fading flower That pleas'd us Yesterday.”

Moments Joy Hours Sweet Flower Wings Yesterday Passing Passings Bliss Our Time Breeze Transient Fading Gilded Departing Vapour Passing Moments

Book:Poems on Various Subjects

Source: Poems on Various Subjects

“Enthusiasm is grave, inward, self-controlled; mere excitement, outward, fantastic, hysterical, and passing in a moment from tears to laughter.”

Self Moments Tears Laughter Mere Graves Passing Passings Enthusiasm Fantastic Excitement Controlled Inward Hysterical

Book:Essays and Tales: Fragments from the travels of Theodore Elbert. Thoughts. Tales and apologues

Source: Essays and Tales: Fragments from the travels of Theodore Elbert. Thoughts. Tales and apologues

“A moment's thought is passion's passing knell.”

Moments Passion Passing Passings

Author:John Keats

“The French have no such expression as 'killing time.' In their more philosophical vocabulary the term is 'passing time,' which means savoring all moments of it each to his individual enjoyment. While we battle with time, they relax with tempo.”

Mean Moments Time Individual Term Expression Battle Philosophical Killing Passing Passings Enjoyment Relax Vocabulary Tempo Savoring Time To Kill

Book:Bottoms up!

Source: Bottoms up!