So long as we think of it objectively, time is Fate or Chance, the factor in our lives for which we are not responsible, and about which we can do nothing; but when we begin to think of it subjectively, we feel responsible for our time, and the notion of punctuality arises.
W.H. Auden, The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Prose, Volume III: 1949-1955
objective-and-subjective, time