Once he (man) became conscious of creating images of the future, he became a participant in the process of creating this future. - Fred Polak

:(3) Anyone who ponders the future will learn that this is still open to a considerable extent that can be further determined from case to case...

Utopism is the forerunner of all modem conceptions concerning social policy, social organization, and social peace. All the art of social engineering could not place one stone upon another in the social edifice if the broad outlines of the system as an idea had not been projected long before, and if the seeds of the motivating ideals had not early been sowed in the hearts of men.

Awareness of ideal values is the first step in the conscious creation of images of the future... for a value is by definition that which guides a ‘valued’ future.