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I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot read more
Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. We have seen the future, and the future is ours.
The future is much like the present, only longer.
The future is much like the present, only longer.
 '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. 
I never think of the future--it comes soon enough.
I never think of the future--it comes soon enough.
 A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness.
 [Lat., Prudens futuri temporis exitum
  Caliginosa nocte premit read more 
 A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness.
 [Lat., Prudens futuri temporis exitum
  Caliginosa nocte premit deus.] 
Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.
Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.
 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. 
Making all future fruits of all the pasts.
Making all future fruits of all the pasts.