Joseph Brodsky on time

Life⁠—the way it really is⁠—is a battle not between bad and good but between bad and worse.

It is better to be a total failure in democracy than a martyr or the crème de la crème in tyranny.

It is the army that finally makes a citizen of you; without it you still have a chance, however slim, to remain a human being.

How did it get so late so soon? It’s night before it’s afternoon. December is here before it’s June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?

Dr. Seuss1904–1991

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.

Henry van Dyke1852–1933Time Is

• Love

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Gautama Buddha501–501 BC