'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore,
And coming events cast their shadows before.

'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore,
And coming events cast their shadows before.

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth read more

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.

It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and impossible to live in the read more

It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago.

Telling the future by looking at the past assumes that conditions remain constant. This is like driving a car by read more

Telling the future by looking at the past assumes that conditions remain constant. This is like driving a car by looking in the rearview mirror.

We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in read more

We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in place.

Certain signs precede certain events.
[Lat., Certis rebus certa signa praecurrunt.]

Certain signs precede certain events.
[Lat., Certis rebus certa signa praecurrunt.]

You can't bring back the past. It's gone. All you can do is let go, move on, and make better read more

You can't bring back the past. It's gone. All you can do is let go, move on, and make better memories for the future.

You'll see that, since our fate is ruled by chance,
Each man, unknowing, great,
Should frame life read more

You'll see that, since our fate is ruled by chance,
Each man, unknowing, great,
Should frame life so that at some future hour
Fact and his dreamings meet.

There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the read more

There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.