When Earth's last picture is painted, and the tubes are twisted
and dried,
When the oldest colours have read more

When Earth's last picture is painted, and the tubes are twisted
and dried,
When the oldest colours have faded, and the youngest critic has
died,
We shall rest, and faith, we shall need it--lie down for an aeon
or two,
Till the Master of All Good Workmen shall set us to work anew.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

The key to the future of the world is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known.

The key to the future of the world is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known.

Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind read more

Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind of randomization. But chicken guts are hard to read and invite flights of fancy or corruption.

A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness.
[Lat., Prudens futuri temporis exitum
Caliginosa nocte premit read more

A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness.
[Lat., Prudens futuri temporis exitum
Caliginosa nocte premit deus.]

The future is called "perhaps," which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the only important read more

The future is called "perhaps," which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the only important thing is not to allow that to scare you.

Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.

Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.