Kairos Quotes

“but BEing time is never wasted time. When we are BEing, not only are we collaborating with chronological time, but we are touching on kairos, and are freed from the normal restrictions of time.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art

“Life only makes any sense if we can see time how God does. Past, present, and future all at once.”
― Isaac Marion, Warm Bodies

“I want my heart to be the thin place. I don't want to board a plane to feel the kiss of heaven. I want to carry it with me wherever I go. I want my fragile, hurting heart, to recognize fleeting kairos, eternal moments as they pass. I want to be my own mountain and my own retreat.”
― Anna White, Mended: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Leaps of Faith

“My heart skips a beat.
Kairos.
I hadn’t heard the ancient term in an era. I almost forgot it existed. It’s not often one declares this moment has been crafted by Fate. That this instant must be seized…or lost forever.”
― Naomi Kelly, Kairos: A Syren Story

“Kairos is the reminder to grab the moments in front of us, for once they pass, they can never be regained.”
― Kent Kraning, Dirt Grenades and Other Explosive Parenting Moments

“Nevertheless, death asks us to pause. It doesn’t tell us what we need to do when we pause (there may be nothing to do at all), but it asks us to be in its presence. To sit with it. Listen to it. To lay aside chronos and embrace kairos.”
― Caleb Wilde, Confessions of a Funeral Director: How the Business of Death Saved My Life

“Le momentum : c’est le moment où coïncide qui on est vraiment et ce que l’on fait.”
― Keva Epale, Pensées (pas si) Volatiles: Le Petit Livre de Proverbes qui Éveille la Réflexion. Volume 1: Pensées inspirantes et positives pour tous.