The Fourteenth Book is entitled, "What can a Thoughtful Man Hope for Mankind on Earth, Given the Experience of the Past Million Years?"
It doesn't take long to read The Fourteenth Book. It consists of one word and a period.
This is it: "Nothing.
For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk and we learned to listen. Speech has allowed the communication of ideas, enabling human beings to work together to build the impossible. Mankind's greatest achievements have come about by talking, and its greatest failures by not talking. It doesn't have to be like this. Our greatest hopes could become reality in the future. With the technology at our disposal, the possibilities are unbounded. All we need to do is make sure we keep talking.
Stephen HawkingTags: science future ideas talking
The future is uncertain but the end is always near.
Jim MorrisonYou, as a food buyer, have the distinct privilege of proactively participating in shaping the world your children will inherit.
Joel SalatinLive quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself......
Paramahansa YoganandaThe future is just wasted on some people.
Chuck PalahniukTags: future
At this rate, we'll never get to the future.
Chuck PalahniukTags: future
People are all over the world telling their one dramatic story and how their life has turned into getting over this one event. Now their lives are more about the past than their future.
Chuck PalahniukTags: past future human-nature
Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.
Mother TeresaTags: past future present carpe-diem time
I want an infinitely blank book and the rest of time...
...why didn't I learn to treat everything like it was the last time, my greatest regret is how much I believed in the future.
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