With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now

“we don’t know which of our acts in the present will shape the future. But” 

“Campaign season is the only time of public debate about what we want for the future. It can change consciousness even more than who gets elected. In short, campaigns may be the closest thing we have to democracy itself.” 

“PLANNING AHEAD IS A measure of class. The rich and even the middle class plan for future generations, but the poor can plan ahead only a few weeks or days.” 

“All cities do face similar, significant trends in the future... most importantly global warming and climate change.”

“When the past dies, we mourn for the dead. When the future dies, we mourn for ourselves.” 

“In truth, we don't know which of our acts in the present will shape the future. But we have to behave as if everything we do matters. Because it might.” 

“To know your future you must know your past”

“We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past; and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible.”

If Saddam were to be replaced tomorrow he would probably be replaced with someone who's just as bad or worse than he is.

“we don’t know which of our acts in the present will shape the future. But” 

“Campaign season is the only time of public debate about what we want for the future. It can change consciousness even more than who gets elected. In short, campaigns may be the closest thing we have to democracy itself.” 

“PLANNING AHEAD IS A measure of class. The rich and even the middle class plan for future generations, but the poor can plan ahead only a few weeks or days.” 

“When the past dies, we mourn for the dead. When the future dies, we mourn for ourselves.” 

“In truth, we don't know which of our acts in the present will shape the future. But we have to behave as if everything we do matters. Because it might.” 

“When the past dies, there is mourning, but when the future dies our imaginations are compelled to carry it on.” 

“We need to remember across generations that there is as much to learn as there is to teach. ” 

“When the past dies, there is mourning, but when the future dies our imaginations are compelled to carry it on.” 

Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering – an image of death. The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, not to anticipate the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, not to anticipate the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. 

“The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There’s only one moment for you to live.”

Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.

My friend, the sufi is the friend of the present moment. To say tomorrow is not our way.