I never realized this, but all vices look to the future.
It’s true.
- Envy
- Greed
- Languor
- Malice
Gratitude is so huge, but I hope I can make an effort to be in the present – to focus on love.
Hence nearly all vices are rooted in the future. Gratitude looks to the past and love to the present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.
–C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters