People never seemed to notice that, by saving time, they were losing something else. No one cared to admit that life was becoming ever poorer, bleaker and more monotonous. The ones who felt this most keenly were the children, because no one had time for them any more. But time is life itself, and life resides in the human heart. And the more people saved, the less they had. Michael Ende
About This Quote

In "The Waste Land," T.S. Eliot wrote, “People never seemed to notice that, by saving time, they were losing something else.” In this quote, he talks about the concept of time and how people fail to see how much they are wasting by attempting to save time. They do not realize that by saving time, they are losing the opportunity to experience the world and other people. There is a big difference between having a life full of experiences and living a life of repetition. Instead of being so focused on saving time, people should be focusing their efforts on spending more time learning about the world around them.

Source: Momo

Some Similar Quotes
  1. Lost Time is never found again. - Benjamin Franklin
  2. How you spend your time is more important than how you spend your money. Money mistakes can be corrected, but time is gone forever. - David Norris
  3. Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them. - Dion Boucicault
  4. But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day. - Benjamin Disraeli
  5. Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time, ' is like saying, 'I don't want to. - Lao Tzu
More Quotes By Michael Ende
  1. Man kann davon überzeugt sein, sich etwas zu wünschen - vielleicht jahrelang - solang man weiß, dass der Wunsch unerfüllbar ist. Steht man aber plötzlich vor der Möglichkeit, dass der Wunschtraum Wirklichkeit wird, dann wünscht man sich nur noch eins: Man hätte es sich nie...
  2. One may enter the literary parlor via just about any door, be it the prison door, the madhouse door, or the brothel door. There is but one door one may not enter it through, which is the child room door. The critics will never forgive...
  3. People never seemed to notice that, by saving time, they were losing something else. No one cared to admit that life was becoming ever poorer, bleaker and more monotonous. The ones who felt this most keenly were the children, because no one had time for...
  4. What he had hoped for was his ruin and what he had feared his salvation.
  5. It's asking us our names, " Falkor reported." I'm Atreyu! " Atreyu cried." I'm Falkor! " cried Falkor.The boy without a name was silent. Atreyu looked at him, then took him by the hand and cried: "He's Bastian Balthazar Bux! ""It asks, " Falkor translated,...
Related Topics