The past is known, but the future can sometimes be troublesome!

过去是知道的，但未来有时会很麻烦!

The past is really almost as much a work of the imagination as the future.

过去和未来一样，都是想象的产物。

The past was once the future.

过去曾经是未来。

The possibility of saying anything about a thing rests on the assumption that it preserves its identity, or continues to be the same thing in the respect described, that it will behave in future situations as it has in past.

关于一件事说任何话的可能性是建立在这样一个假设之上，即它保持其同一性，或在所描述的方面继续是同一件事，即它在未来的情况中将象过去一样行事。

The present moment contains past and future. The secret of transformation is in the way we handle this very moment.

现在包含着过去和未来。转变的秘密就在于我们处理这一时刻的方式。

The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell.

现在是过去下的一颗蛋，它的壳里有未来。

The problem with a purely collective system is not only that it requires economic growth, and the right sort of demographic trends, but that it prevents people thinking about their futures in a responsible way.

一个纯粹的集体体系的问题不仅在于它需要经济增长和正确的人口趋势，还在于它阻止人们以负责任的方式思考自己的未来。

The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.

未来的问题在于它不断地变成现在。

The purpose of thinking about the future is not to predict it but to raise people's hopes.

思考未来的目的不是预测未来，而是提高人们的希望。

The rest, called literature, is a dossier of human imbecility for the guidance of future professors.

其余的，称为文学，是人类愚蠢的卷宗，供未来的教授参考。

The risk presented by these lethal wastes is like no other risk, and we should not be expected to accept it or to project it into the future in order for manufacturers and utilities to make a dollar killing now.

这些致命废物所带来的风险与其他风险不同，我们不应该期望接受它，也不应该为了让制造商和公用事业公司现在大赚一笔而把它投射到未来。

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.

身心健康的秘诀不在于对过去的悲伤、对未来的担忧或对烦恼的预期，而在于明智而认真地活在当下。

The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work.

成为作家的秘诀是你必须写作。仅仅考虑写作、研究文学或作为一名作家规划未来的生活是不够的。你真的必须把自己锁起来，一个人，然后开始工作。

The shadow of the past holds the future hostage.

过去的阴影挟持着未来。

The ultimate function of prophecy is not to tell the future, but to make it. Your successful past will block your visions of the future.

预言的最终功能不是预言未来，而是创造未来。你成功的过去会阻碍你对未来的憧憬。