“The clock is impotent; mechanical time does not affect those living in an eternal present.”

“In this world, there are two times. There is mechanical time and there is body time.""They do not keep clocks in their houses. Instead, they listen to their heartbeats. They feel the rhythms of their moods and desires.""Then there are those who think their bodies don't exist. They live by mechanical time. They rise at seven o'clock in the morning. They eat their lunch at noon and their supper at six. They arrive at their appointments on time, precisely by the clock.”

“The eternal life is given to those who live in the present.”

“The clock indicates the moment-but what does eternity indicate?”

“If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present.”

“A story conducted by the time of a clock and calendars alone would be a story not of human beings but of mechanical toys.”