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.

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.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters
compared to what lies within us.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters
compared to what lies within us.

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.]

'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.

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.

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.

We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to live the rest of our lives there.

We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to live the rest of our lives there.

Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.

Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.