All progress is based upon a universal, innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

The world began without man, and it will end without him.

The less a man knows about the past and the present, the more insecure must prove to be his judgment of the future.

My interest is in the future, because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.

Little folks become their little fate.

He alone who owns the youth gains the future.

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.

Time will reveal everything. It is a babbler and speaks even when not asked.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

I’ve seen the future, brother; it is murder.

Men are able to assist fortune but not to thwart her. They can weave her designs, but they cannot destroy them.

I don’t try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.

Every man takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.