"The man can neither man, nor retain,..." - Quote by C S Lewis
The man can neither man, nor retain, one moment of time; it all comes to him by pure gift; he might as well regard the sun and moon as his chattels.
More by C S Lewis
“I begin to suspect that the world is divided not only into the happy and the unhappy, but into those who like happiness and those who, odd as it seems, really don't.”
“But one of the worst results of being a slave and being forced to do things is that when there is no one to force you any more you find you have almost lost the power of forcing yourself.”
“You know what this is, I suppose. Religious melancholia. Stop while there is time. If you dive, you dive into insanity.”
More on Time
“Eternity isn't some later time. Eternity isn't a long time. Eternity has nothing to do with time. Eternity is that dimension of here and now which thinking and time cuts out. This is it. And if you don't get it here, you won't get it anywhere. And the experience of eternity right here and now is the function of life.”
“All is ephemeral - fame and the famous as well.”
“Many old people receive pensions for no other reason, it seems to me, but as a compensation for having lived a long time ago.”