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.

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient read more

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day
is the evil thereof.

The future is called "perhaps," which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the only important read more

The future is called "perhaps," which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the only important thing is not to allow that to scare you.

You'll see that, since our fate is ruled by chance,
Each man, unknowing, great,
Should frame life read more

You'll see that, since our fate is ruled by chance,
Each man, unknowing, great,
Should frame life so that at some future hour
Fact and his dreamings meet.

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.

When all else is lost, the future still remains.

When all else is lost, the future still remains.

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.

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.

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.