The lesson I've learned the most often in life is that you're always going to know more in the future than you know now.

What was the future? The future was a solid wall, not promising, not threatening-all bunk. No guarantees of anything, not even the guarantee that life isn't one big joke.

Live life expecting the worst, hoping for the best, and living for the future!

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

The future depends on what we do in the present.

Life consists in penetrating the unknown, and fashioning our actions in accord with the new knowledge thus acquired.