A fixed image of the future is in the worst sense a historical.

A fixed image of the future is in the worst sense a historical.

There was the Door to which I found no key;
There was the Veil through which I might not read more

There was the Door to which I found no key;
There was the Veil through which I might not see.

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.

For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today

For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and to take as a
gift whatever the day brings read more

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and to take as a
gift whatever the day brings forth.
[Lat., Quid sit futurum cras, fuge quaerere: et
Quem Fors dierum cunque dabit, lucro
Appone.]

With mortal crisis doth portend,
My days to appropinque an end.

With mortal crisis doth portend,
My days to appropinque an end.

The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive.

The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive.

My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there

My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature. Never is life so low or so little as when occupied read more

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature. Never is life so low or so little as when occupied with the present.