“The expectation of future glory and the joy of future redemption has its counterpart here and now in the implications for the present life of the believer.”
“Everything which is done in the present, affects the future by consequence, and the past by redemption.”
“Make life easier by living in the present and believing in the future.”
“Yet it's not for want of future that I'm here, he thought. It's for want of a present.”
“London has the trick of making its past, its long indelible past, always a part of its present. And for that reason it will always have meaning for the future, because of all it can teach about disaster, survival, and redemption. It is all there in the streets. It is all there in the books.”
“Bringing people into the here-and-now. The real universe. That's the present moment. The past is no good to us. The future is full of anxiety. Only the present is real--the here-and-now. Seize the day.”