Life is short. From here to that old car you know so well there is a stretch of twenty, twenty-five paces. It is a very short walk. Make those twenty-five steps. Now. Right now. Come just as you are. And we shall live happily ever after.

Life is short. Short, and not about anything except what you can touch and what touches you.

Life is short, and we do not have much time to gladden the hearts of those who travel with us; so be quick to love, make haste to be kind, and go in peace to follow the good road of blessing.

Human life is truly a short affair. It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.

We walk this planet for such a short time. In the overall scheme of things, our lives are mere blips on the canvas of eternity. So have the wisdom to enjoy the journey and savor the process.

My grandfather used to say: Life is astoundingly short. To me, looking back over it, life seems so foreshortened that I scarcely understand, for instance, how a young man can decide to ride over to the next village without being afraid that -not to mention accidents- even the span of a normal happy life may fall far short of the time needed for such a journey.

A life of short duration...could be so rich in joy and love that it could contain more meaning than a life lasting eighty years.

We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn’t matter. Life is to be lived

Life can seem short or life can seem long, depending on how you live it.

Life is short. Focus on what really matters most. You have to change your priorities over time.

If we could be mindful of how short our time is, we might learn how precious each day is.

Life is too short to be lived badly.

in this short life
that only lasts ah hour
how much-how little-is
within our power.

"Knowing that your life is short, to enjoy it day after day, moment after moment, is the life of "form is form and emptiness is emptiness.