“Look closely at the present you are constructing:
it should look like the future you are dreaming.”

“The past always seems better when you look back on it than it did at the time. And the present never looks as good as it will in the future.”

“One way to define wisdom is the ability to see, into the future, the consequences of your choices in the present. That ability can give you a completely different perspective on what the future might look like.”

“Everybody looks a little crazy if you're looking close enough and if you can't look that close, then you don't really love them.”

“How close we could look into a bright future should two, three or many Vietnams flourish throughout the world.”

“You occupied my space. But because you were not in my present, when I looked into my future I saw… nothing. Isn't that sad? And stupid?”

“Dreams come from the past, not from the future. Dreams shouldn't control you--you should control them.”

“Look, Maria. I know what you're thinking. I don't bring girls that look like you home to the Palace of Wisdom. But that doesn't mean you can't dream about it.”

“When you have hope in the future, you have power in the present. And when you lose that hope, your dream goes with it.”

“He looked like he could have snapped the chains that held him as easily as you might snap the ribbons on a Christmas present, but when you looked in his face, you knew he wasn't going to do anything like that.”