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'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.