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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.
. . . So often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And read more
. . . So often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.
When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make read more
When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened.
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.
That what will come, and must come, shall come well.
That what will come, and must come, shall come well.
There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.
There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.
Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future.
Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future.
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.
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.