“True generosity toward the future consists in giving everything to the present.”

“Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.”

“We race toward the future at the velocity of the present.”

“Generosity has little to do with giving gifts, and everything to do with giving space to others to be who they are.”

“Man can only be certain about the present moment. But is that quite true either? Can he really know the present? Is he in a position to make any judgment about it? Certainly not. For how can a person with no knowledge of the future understand the meaning of the present? If we do not know what future the present is leading us toward, how can we say whether this present is good or bad, whether it deserves our concurrence, or our suspicion, or our hatred?”

“We do not ignore maturity. Maturity consists in not losing the past while fully living in the present with a prudent awareness of the possibilities of the future.”