“Even time is a concept. In reality we are always in the eternal present. The past is just a memory, the future just an image or thought. All our stories about past and future are only ideas, arising in the moment. Our modern culture is so tyrannized by goals, plans, and improvement schemes that we constantly live for the future. But as Aldous Huxley reminded us in his writings, "An idolatrous religion is one in which time is substituted for eternity...the idea of endless progress is the devil's work, even today demanding human sacrifice on an enormous scale.” WritingHumansIdeasMomentsStoriesRealityTodayPastCultureGoalMemoriesProgressPlansSacrificeModernEternalDevilConceptsEternityImprovementScalesEndlessEnormousSchemesHuxleyModern CultureLive Futures Author:Jack Kornfield
“I know not if this earth on which I stand is the core of the universe or if it is but a speck of dust lost in eternity. I know not and I care not. For I know what happiness is possible to me on earth. And my happiness needs no higher aim to vindicate it. My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.” IfsKnowsNeedsMeanEndsPhilosophyCareEarthHappinessPurposeUniverseLostGoalKnowingPossibilityWise WordsHigherEternityAimPhilosopherCoreDustI CareBeing HappyFinding HappinessNot CaringWise WomenSpecksObjectivismVindicated Book:Anthem Source: Anthem
“I am proud to be a Christian. I believe not only as a Christian, but as a scientist as well. A wireless device can deliver a message through the wilderness. In prayer the human spirit can send invisible waves to eternity, waves that achieve their goal in front of God.” BelieveHumansWellsChristianSpiritI BelieveGoalPrayerAtheismAchieveFrontsProudMessagesScientistEternityWaveInvisibleWildernessDevicesHuman SpiritWireless Author:Guglielmo Marconi
“Mysterious power, whence hope ethereal springs! Sweet heavenly relic of eternal things! Inspiring oft deep thoughts of things divine: The past, the present, and the future time. Thy reminiscences transport the soul To memory?s Paradise?its future goal.” SoulDreamPastGoalMemoriesDivineSweetEternalSpringEternityMysteriousParadiseHeavenlyDeep ThoughtFollow Your DreamsTransportRelicsEtherealFuture TimeFuture Goals Author:Parley P. Pratt
“A home is much more than a house built of lumber, brick, or stone. A home is made of love, sacrifice, and respect. We are responsible for the homes we build. We must build wisely, for eternity is not a short voyage. There will be calm and wind, sunlight and shadows, joy and sorrow. But if we really try, our home can be a bit of heaven here on earth. The thoughts we think, the deeds we do, the lives we live not only influence the success of our earthly journey, they also mark the way to our eternal goals.” IfsThinkingWayTryingMadeHomeEarthJoyHouseHeavenBitsGoalSacrificeJourneyInfluenceWindSorrowEternalShadowBuiltStonesEternityMarkResponsibleCalmDeedsSunlightBricksVoyagesJoys And SorrowsLumberLove Sacrifice Author:Thomas S. Monson
“The Lord, creator of life, has given us information to act upon that is guaranteed by him to guide us to our goal of life eternal.” LifeGivenGoalLordInformationEternalEternityCreatorGuidesLife Goal Author:Elaine A. Cannon
“For me, apologetics proved to be the turning point of my life and eternity. I'm thankful for the scholars who so passionately and effectively defend the truth of Christianity - and today my life's goal is to do my part in helping others get answers to the questions that are blocking them in their spiritual journey toward Christ.” HelpingTodaySpiritualGoalChristAnswersChristianityJourneyEternityHelping OthersBlockScholarTurning PointsSpiritual JourneyApologetic Author:Lee Strobel
“I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.” GoalEternitySeedsEndlessGoldenApplesDoomedCongratulationsSetting GoalsAriesNew Goal Book:The lonely life: an autobiography Source: The lonely life: an autobiography
“If you will make your first concern the comfort, the well-being, and the happiness of your companion, sublimating any personal concern to that loftier goal, you will be happy, and your marriage will go on through eternity” IfsFirstsWellsGoalMarriageGoes OnComfortConcernEternityWell BeingCompanion Author:Gordon B. Hinckley
“Enough for me is the mystery of the eternity of life, and the inkling of the marvelous structure of reality. There is in this neither a will nor a goal, nor a must, but only sheer being.” EnoughRealityGoalMysteryEternityStructureSheerMarvelousEternity Of Life Author:Albert Einstein