Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils but the present are commonly too hard for it.

In each action we must look beyond the action at our past present and future state and at others whom it affects and see the relations of all those things. And then we shall be very cautious.

The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it but is always breaking away from the present moment and losing itself in schemes of future felicity... The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure but from hope to hope.

We have to do with the past only as we can make it useful to the present and the future.

Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather it is a deepening of the present and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it.

For the first time in the history of mankind one generation literally has the power to destroy the past the present and the future the power to bring time to an end.

Conservatism discards Prescription shrinks from Principle disavows Progress having rejected all respect for antiquity it offers no redress for the present and makes no preparation for the future.

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions that they exist in the present which is what there is and all there is.

How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children.

I try to learn from the past but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.

America is false to the past false to the present and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.

It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.

Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.

Yesterday's the past tomorrow's the future but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.

It is by no means an irrational fancy that in a future existence we shall look upon what we think our present existence as a dream.

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

True happiness is... to enjoy the present without anxious dependence upon the future.

The future influences the present just as much as the past.

Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past present and future wars.

History is a relentless master. It has no present only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.

Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.

Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.

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

But I dare not think too far into the future on the risk that I'll miss the present.