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Circle of life13 quotes
It is both historically and biologically true that there can be no birth and growth without birth and growing pains. Whenever there is the emergence of the new we confront the recalcitrance of the old. So the tensions which we witness in the world today are indicative of the fact that a new world order is being born and an old order is passing away. — Martin Luther King, Jr. · 1956A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm. — William Shakespeare · 1616Mama, always said, dyin' was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't. — Forrest Gump · 1994One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. — Ecclesiastes 1:4 · 931 BCTime is a violent torrent; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away. — Marcus Aurelius · 180For all at last returns to the sea...the beginning and the end. — Rachel Carson · 1951All 13 quotes →Change2 quotes
It is both historically and biologically true that there can be no birth and growth without birth and growing pains. Whenever there is the emergence of the new we confront the recalcitrance of the old. So the tensions which we witness in the world today are indicative of the fact that a new world order is being born and an old order is passing away. — Martin Luther King, Jr. · 1956In a short while the generations of living creatures are changed, and like runners relay the torch of life. — Lucretius · 50 BCInterconnectedness of all things2 quotes
A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm. — William Shakespeare · 1616When we die, our bodies become the grass, and the antelope eat the grass. And so, we are all connected in the great Circle of Life. — Mufasa · 1994Life and death2 quotes
Mama, always said, dyin' was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't. — Forrest Gump · 1994In a short while the generations of living creatures are changed, and like runners relay the torch of life. — Lucretius · 50 BCDeath1 quote
Mama, always said, dyin' was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't. — Forrest Gump · 1994Ephemeral nature of life1 quote
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. — Ecclesiastes 1:4 · 931 BCGrass1 quote
Dies, all dies!
The grass it dies, but in vernal rain
Up it springs and it lives again;
Over and over, again and again
It lives, it dies and it lives again. — Herman Melville · 1891Life1 quote
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. — Ecclesiastes 1:4 · 931 BCMan and animals1 quote
Man and animal are merely a passage and channel for food, a tomb for other animals, a haven for the dead, giving life by the death of others, a coffer full of corruption. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1508Night and day1 quote
The Night is mother of the Day,
The Winter of the Spring,
And ever upon old Decay
The greenest mosses cling. — John Greenleaf Whittier · 1847Ocean and sea1 quote
For all at last returns to the sea...the beginning and the end. — Rachel Carson · 1951Relentlessness of time1 quote
Time is a violent torrent; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away. — Marcus Aurelius · 180Resistance to change1 quote
It is both historically and biologically true that there can be no birth and growth without birth and growing pains. Whenever there is the emergence of the new we confront the recalcitrance of the old. So the tensions which we witness in the world today are indicative of the fact that a new world order is being born and an old order is passing away. — Martin Luther King, Jr. · 1956Seasons1 quote
The Night is mother of the Day,
The Winter of the Spring,
And ever upon old Decay
The greenest mosses cling. — John Greenleaf Whittier · 1847The human condition1 quote
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. — Ecclesiastes 1:4 · 931 BCThe world1 quote
One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. — Ecclesiastes 1:4 · 931 BCTime1 quote
Time is a violent torrent; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away. — Marcus Aurelius · 180