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Time is purely relative to the standpoint, to the position taken up. But this is the superficial view. When we enquire deeper, we find that our notion of time varies also according to the mental (and not merely physical) position which we adopt. Thus a lover will find one hour passing like a few minutes when in the presence of his beloved, whereas his impatient, waiting rival will feel that every minute is counting its full weight! This reveals that time is ultimately mental, an idea in the mind. It comes and goes; it is illusory.

-- Notebooks Category 19: The Reign of Relativity > Chapter 4 : Time, Space, Causality > # 40