Unknown Future

The course of history

The course of history as a whole is no object of experience; history has no eidos, because the course of history extends into the unknown future. Eric Voegelin

I\\’m choosing happiness over

I’m choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I’m making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises. Elizabeth Gilbert

Many live in dread of what is coming. Why should we? The unknown puts adventure into life. … The unexpected around the corner gives a sense of anticipation and surprise. Thank God for the unknown future. E. Stanley Jones

The best thing about

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. Dean Acheson

Never be afraid to

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. Corrie Ten Boom

I’m scared of the

I’m scared of the unknown future. Bethenny Frankel

To be happy in

To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to feel oneself not merely an isolated individual whose day will soon be over, but part of the stream of life flowing on from the first germ to the remote and unknown future. Bertrand Russell

A dangerous fallacy is

A dangerous fallacy is to repudiate freedom in favor of an unknown future. What else but our own sturdy reliance on freedom can explain the unexampled record this country has made? In a period scarcely twice my own lifetime it has risen from nothingness to become the world’s greatest power. It has become the ark … Read more

It’s nonsensical to derive

It’s nonsensical to derive a price/earnings ratio by dividing the known current price by unknown future earnings. Benjamin Graham

The entire sweep of

The entire sweep of human history from the dark ages into the unknown future was considerably less important at the moment than the question of a certain girl and her feelings toward him. Arthur C. Clarke