The greatest deception of man is the future,
which he attributes to reality and dresses in front of it
like a bride for a groom.
And yet, regardless of whether
he dresses conscientiously or carelessly,
he has succumbed before the authority of an unknown future
and does everything – whether in peace or in panic – in vain,
for the future is not the law of man,
but man is the law of the future.
If you were to shout into the future, “When will the world end?”
the echo of the future would scream back from all directions with your voice:
“When will the world end?”
And if you shouted, “I have been waiting for you for millennia!”,
the response would say, “I have been waiting for you for millennia!”
Therefore, until you do not become an echo of life yourself,
you rule over yourself with your own echoes.
But do not be afraid,
in your essence you are an echo.