His songs are both timeless and timely, reflections on our time that could have been recorded in 1957.
In "Lyutsern" (1857; "Lucerne"), Tolstoy uses the diary form first to relate an incident, then to reflect on its timeless meaning, and finally to reflect on the process of his own reflections.
Interpreted the right way? Are they timeless verities or — more logically — reflections of an outmoded culture and obsolete mind-set?
It remains a timeless portrayal of working-class aspiration, an agonising reflection of both a northern iconoclast's internal conflict and the social divisions that, a quarter of a century on, appear only to have hardened.
God considered as the theoretical object of rational reflection, or "God as God," is a timeless and impassible entity that is unaffected by human suffering and ultimately indistinguishable from reason itself.
As Morecambe and Wise's timeless Bring me Sunshine plays, the little fellow starts to see reflections of happiness in the puddles he passes and realises life ain't so bad after all.
Moving between small bistro tables for constant new interactions; the age, status or position of the group quickly fell away into laughter, connection, reflection, and recognition that our fundamental desires, concerns and dreams are indeed timeless.
Its title invites reflection on the paradoxical tension in reductive abstraction between historical avant-gardism and timeless formalism (Johnson).
And in part because of its title, it invites reflection on the paradoxical tension in reductive abstraction between historical avante-gardism and timeless formalism.
But the rhythm of work, prayer and reflection the attitude described as joyful penitence flows in a cycle that feels not so much ancient as timeless.
