World leaders need to take this timeless wisdom to heart.

The political song transforms this timeless eternity into an active present and an opportunity for future progress.

I understand this timeless dictum as a statement about the problems, or more exactly the confusions, of consciousness.

Mahasweta Devi's career spanned more than two decades and produced a timeless collection of literature driven by compassion for her compatriots.

Islamic culture has given us majestic arches and soaring spires timeless poetry and cherished music elegant calligraphy and places of peaceful contemplation.

It is worrying when countries proclaim their timeless and organic ideals, but affirming a city s particularity can be a sign of health.

The bankers of the Italian Renaissance also bought works of art because they reminded them of timeless values that transcended quotidian transactions.

We are convinced that the concepts that Liu and his colleagues put down on paper in December 2008 are both universal and timeless.

Violinist Sirena Huang gives a technically brilliant and emotionally nuanced performance. In a charming interlude, the 11 year old praises the timeless design of her instrument.

This tranquil land of timeless faith, over which Buddha s benign statues preside a land of rivers, deep forests, and blood red rubies is now in play for international investors.

Being a visual artist, indeed, I am foremost interested to make art to make art that transcends politics, religion, the question of feminism, and become an important, timeless, universal work of art.

The secular versions eliminate the reference to Jesus and focus on the spiritual inspiration and uplift needed by Africa s leaders. Africa metonymically occupies the space of a departed ancestor, living in a timeless eternity while waiting for redemption.

These are timeless questions but, in an era of increased and instantaneous communication, centralized, big government bureaucracies are creaking or worse. People want more effective and more affordable government that responds to their concerns, and are demanding that decisions be decentralized.

3. We reaffirm our commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, which have proved timeless and universal. Indeed, their relevance and capacity to inspire have increased, as nations and peoples have become increasingly interconnected and interdependent.

I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt's advancement.