It's easier to ponder the future than it is to do something about the present.
Anarchy in the Age of DinosaursWe are not slaves of the past, nor servants of the present, but masters of the future.
Rise of the MorningstarAll Christian language about the future is a set of signposts pointing into a mist.
Surprised by HopeThrough it [literature] we know the past, govern the present, and influence the future.
The Man-Made WorldEnjolras caught glimpses of a luminous uprising under the dark skirts of the future.
Les Misérables