The Time Paradox Quotes

“While no one can change events that occurred in the past, everyone can change attitudes and beliefs about them.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“Yesterday was too early. Tomorrow will be too late. Today is the day of reckoning for each of us.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“Change alone is unchanging. —Heraclitus”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“A life well lived is the best antidote to that fatal truth. Be active, not a passive worrywart. Find magic in the moment, joy in making someone smile. Listen to a lover’s sigh; look into the dancing eyes of a child you made feel special. Most of all, marvel at the wonder that eons of evolutionary time and all your unique experiences have joined to comprise the symphony that is YOU.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“So, although Ben Franklin was right about many things, he was wrong when he said that time is money. Our scarcest resource, time, is actually much more valuable than money.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“conscientious people regularly think about future consequences before making a decision.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“Futureoriented people believe that when you choose a behavior, you choose its future consequences, but Zajonc, Bargh, and many others in social psychology have demonstrated that sometimes you do not choose a behavior. Sometimes a behavior chooses you based upon the environment in which you find yourself.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“That very day I resolved not to save all of my change until I turned forty. I resolved to have what I termed a little midlife crisis each day of my life in the hope of avoiding a larger one once I reached forty.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“Einstein himself is reported to have said: When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it’s longer than any hour. That’s relativity.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“Levine found that in general, the cities with the fastest pace of life were the least helpful.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“However, while we advise, you must consent. You will have to make a commitment to learn and to change in order to get the best return on your investment.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“Once we understand psychological principles and the world, we can choose to construe the world in the way that is most productive, given our needs and resources.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“One clear finding psychology has made is that time is relative psychologically just as it is physically. Einstein himself is reported to have said: When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it’s longer than any hour. That’s relativity.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“Time matters because we are finite, because time is the medium in which we live our lives, and because there are costs (lost opportunities) associated with not investing time wisely.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“So, as you learn in this book to be more proactive in your investments of your time, you will lose fewer opportunities and minimize regrets.4”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“Remember that people are more likely to regret actions not taken than actions taken, regardless of outcome.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“a woman who wants to become a Hollywood star is more likely to regret not moving to Los Angeles and trying to get a part in a movie than to regret moving to Los Angeles and failing to become a star.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“Whether you like it or not, you spend time every moment of your life. It continually seeps out of your pocket. We are “the clocks on which time tells itself” (Richard II, Shakespeare).”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“Whatever you choose to do costs you the opportunity to do something else.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“Ultimately, you must be the arbiter of your personal investment choices, but our research suggests that people are more satisfied with investment in experiences, such as vacations, and in developing meaningful social relationships than with investment in material goods.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“We hope that our discoveries will allow you to find better, different ways of living, freeing you from burdensome, outdated, or tired thoughts and actions to which your old perspective tied you.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“This is the first paradox of time: Your attitudes toward time have a profound impact on your life and your world, yet you seldom recognize it.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“the crypt’s silent message is not an admonition that we prepare for death but an impassioned plea that we live meaningfully and fully the lives we are living right now.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“Our time on earth is limited. In the mere blink of the cosmic eye, we will join the billions of our ancestors who have lived, died, and become indistinguishable from the piles of bones in front of us.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“higher levels of conscientiousness are associated with living longer.1 Conscientious individuals are less likely to die regardless of their age. Conscientiousness is a composite of responsibility, self-control, achievement, order, and responsibility”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“This book would change Silicon Valley if we only took the time to read it. As such, you will gain a significant competitive advantage if you read it, so fork over the price and get going.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“In the hands of these two experienced scholars, time becomes a tool for helping us understand and better control . . . the way we live our lives.” —Robert V. Levine, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, California State University, Fresno, and author of Journeys in Social Psychology”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“In this important book, Zimbardo and Boyd call our attention to [time] . . . explain[ing] the profound effect that our attitude toward time has on our habits, our happiness, our likelihood of success . . . and offer key advice on shifting perspectives.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“The Time Paradox reveals how to better use your most irreplaceable resource, based on solid science and timeless wisdom.” —Martin Seligman, author of Authentic Happiness”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

“Virtually all animals—single-celled organisms as well as humans—are conditioned to react in predictable ways, some of which we can modify and some of which are more difficult to change.”
― Philip G. Zimbardo, The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life