To survive, to avert what we have termed future shock, the individual must become infinitely more adaptable and capable than ever before.

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.

Our moral responsibility is not to stop future, but to shape it...to channel our destiny in humane directions and to ease the trauma of transition.

You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.

If we do not learn from history, we shall be compelled to relive it. True. But if we do not change the future, we shall be compelled to endure it. And that could be worse.

The first rule of survival is clear: Nothing is more dangerous than yesterday's success.

Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time.

One of the definitions of sanity is the ability to tell real from unreal. Soon we'll need a new definition.

A new civilization is emerging in our lives, and blind men everywhere are trying to suppress it.

The responsibility for change...lies within us. We must begin with ourselves, teaching ourselves not to close our minds prematurely to the novel, the surprising, the seemingly radical.

Knowledge is knowing... or knowing where to find out.

The tree of life is hope.

I know Verona as I do my own body.

I always tell people that my primary job is being a dad and husband. Music is just what pays the bills.

One always hurries towards happiness, Monsieur Danglars, because when one has suffered much, one is at pains to believe in it.

He knew enough of the world to know that there is nothing in it better than the faithful service of the heart.

She is stunned that in this town there are no sidewalks to speak of, no streetlights, no public transportation, no stores for miles at at a time.

I don't release records to be anything but enjoyable.

... you must not expect to find that people understand what they do.

The world changes materially. Science makes advances in technology and understanding. But the world of humanity doesn't change.

Where love is thick, faults are thin. If you really love someone, then it is difficult to find fault with him. His faults seem negligible, for love means oneness.