“Dreams Vs NightmaresOur dreams are a reflection of what we can see in our future.Our nightmares are a reflection of our fears about our life as it stands now, and how we assume our future will turn out.”

“Kein Philosoph würde ein dickes Buch schreiben, wenn er im Vornherein wüsste, auf welche Weise er später zitiert werden wird.”

“Nu mai trăim un prezent placid, ci suntem prinși cu toții în efortul de a ne pregăti permanent pentru viitor.”

“Many little people, in little places, doing little things, can change the world.”

“We may be living past and future lives at the same time we are living this one.”

“[T]he concern of man is not his future but his present, not the world but his soul. We must be just, we must strive, we must engage ourselves with the business of the world for our own sake, because through that, and through contemplation in equal measure, our soul is purified and brought closer to the divine. … Thought and deed conjoined are crucial. … The attempt must be made; the outcome is irrelevant. Right action is a pale material reflection of the divine, but reflection it is, nonetheless. Define your goal and exert reason to accomplish it by virtuous action; successs or failure is secondary.”

“One of the professors told me last week that he feels bad teaching with the way the economy is now. ‘What’s the point?’ he said. ‘Kids aren’t getting jobs.’ You never hear faculty talk that way. He did.”

“They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think the same could be said for time.”

“Don’t dwell too much on the past. The lessons are useful for the present and a preparation for the future. Move on!”

“The brightest light casts the darkest shadow.”

“The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next.”

“‎No people whose word for ‘yesterday’ is the same as their word for ‘tomorrow’ can be said to have a firm grip on the time.”

“I feel very adventurous. There are so many doors to be opened, and I’m not afraid to look behind them.”

“Your beliefs affect your choices. Your choices shape your actions. Your actions determine your results. The future you create depends upon the choices you make and the actions you take today.”

“Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming”