“The past above, the future belowand the present pouring down: the roar,the roar of the present, a speech--is, of necessity, my sole concern.”

“What necessity is there to dwell on the Past, when the Present is so much surer-the Future so much brighter?”

“The promise given was necessity of the past: the word borken is a necessity of the present" -Niccolo Machiavelli”

“Time present and time past / are both perhaps present in time future.”

“The future is foretold from the past and the future is only possible because of the past. Without past and future, the present is partial. All time is eternally present and so all time is ours. There is no sense in forgetting and every sense in dreaming. Thus the present is made rich.”

“How can the past and future be, when the past no longer is, and the future is not yet? As for the present, if it were always present and never moved on to become the past, it would not be time, but eternity.”