Moreover, you cannot draw on the future. Impossible to get into debt! You can only waste the passing moment. You cannot waste to-morrow; it is kept for you. You cannot waste the next hour; it is kept for you.
I said the affair was a miracle. Is it not?
You have to live on this twenty-four hours of daily time. Out of it you have to spin health, pleasure, money, content, respect, and the evolution of your immortal soul. Its right use, its most effective use, is a matter of the highest urgency and of the most thrilling actuality. All depends on that. Your happiness – the elusive prize that you are all clutching for, my friends! – depends on that. Strange that the newspapers, so enterprising at up-to-date as they are, are not full of “How to live on a given income of time,” instead of “How to live on a given income of money”! Money is far commoner than time.
-Arnold Bennett, How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day
Beautiful quote, Emily! I totally agree with that. I have always wondered why people worry about other things when time is the real scarce resource and Arnold Bennett captures that feeling very beautifully. I also loved his insight that we cannot borrow tomorrow’s time today. Thanks for sharing this beautiful quote.
Forgot to mention one more thing. Love the new look and feel of your blog. It looks so elegant and stylish.
Thank you so much Vishy!!