10 Quotes About Perception Of Time

Do you ever get the feeling that life is passing you by? Time seems to be slipping away faster than you can grab on to it. Maybe your job is hectic, you’re dealing with financial problems, or maybe you feel like you’re not making enough of an impact in the world. Whatever the reason may be, it can be tough to keep up with everything. Keep these perception-of-time quotes in mind when your attention starts wandering and you find yourself forgetting all about how fast time is passing by.

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We were the only two people in the entire airport who lost total track of time, for we were consumed by space-time at that present moment. Time was irrelevant to our existence, for we didn’t want to exist outside the tight and glorious knots of each other’s arms. Time is basically an illusion created by the mind to aid in our sense of temporal presence in the vast ocean of space. Without the neurons to create a virtual perception of the past and the future based on all our experiences, there is no actual existence of the past and the future. All that there is, is the present. Abhijit Naskar
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....there are moments in life worth living for. Spring Walking is one of them; my mind frozen in the moment, changed perception of time, augmented sense satisfaction and happiness, my heart filled with awesomeness... Isabella Koldras
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Time is basically an illusion created by the mind to aid in our sense of temporal presence in the vast ocean of space. Without the neurons to create a virtual perception of the past and the future based on all our experiences, there is no actual existence of the past and the future. All that there is, is the present. Abhijit Naskar
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What we are at this very moment is determined by the sum total of all our experiences till this moment. And the step that you take at this moment, will determine your future. Past and future both require a functional mind to exist. Only the present prevails independent of mind — independent of life. Abhijit Naskar
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We write our personal story as intermittent authors; the narrator is always searching for a unitive point of view. We strive to perceive oneself from a unified perspective, but it is virtually impossible to do so. Human perception of the self is an illusion. We constantly sift through shifting memories. We experience the present under the fragrance cast by the past and under the illusionary aura of the future. Kilroy J. Oldster
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Everything in your mental life proceeds in proper neurological order. If you could have sufficient insight into all the inner and outer parts of your mental life, along with remembrance and intelligence enough to consider all the circumstances and take them into account, you would be a true prophet and visualize the future in the present as in a mirror. Abhijit Naskar
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It's strange how in childhood it feels like tomorrow won't come until the end of forever, but in adulthood it feels like the end of forever could come tomorrow. Richelle E. Goodrich
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Perception does not define who we are, but it does define where we are limited, and where we are not yet free. Georgi Y. Johnson
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Time falls on us, like rain, it falls like rain until we drown in it, and sometimes, it's like the drains overflow, and time just - pools up, it seeps, it gathers in the corners. Michael Montoure