Quotes on Future Thinking

The final upshot of thinking is the exercise of volition, and of this thought no longer forms a part; but belief is only a stadium of mental action, an effect upon our nature due to thought, which will influence future thinking.

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.

Greed arises only because your present moment is empty, and to live in an empty moment hurts very much. To forget it you project greed into the future, thinking that tomorrow things are going to be better, a lottery is going to open in your name. But of course you have to wait for tomorrow, it cannot be just now - and tomorrow never comes. All that comes is always the present moment, which is empty. Greed is because we don't know how to live the present moment in its total richness.

Time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life.

Traditional thinking is all about "what is" Future thinking will also need to be about what can be.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.