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Trust no future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead past bury its dead!
Act,--act in the living Present!
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Trust no future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead past bury its dead!
Act,--act in the living Present!
Heart within and God o'erhead.
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.
You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that read more
You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
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.
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.
With whom there is no place of toil, no burning heat, no piercing
cold, nor any briars there . read more
With whom there is no place of toil, no burning heat, no piercing
cold, nor any briars there . . . this place we call the Bosom of
Abraham.
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.
There is no past or future. Using tenses to divide time is like making chalk marks on water.
There is no past or future. Using tenses to divide time is like making chalk marks on water.
Study the past, if you would divine the future.rn
Study the past, if you would divine the future.rn
