We 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 MisérablesI had not, I said to myself, come into the future to carry on a miniature flirtation.
The Time Machine