Much education springs from some image of the future. If the image of the future held by a society is grossly inaccurate, its education system will betray its youth.

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.

Most are unaware of their tremendous worth and boundless potential, despite possessing both.

She had willed herself open to him and knew that the chemistry of love was all within her, her doing. Even his power to wound her with neglect was a power she had created and granted ...

Don't fool yourself by look so humblewhereas the thing you want is respect.

I've eaten things that didn't complain this much.

If you meditate and the Devil comes, make the Devil meditate.

What's the whole point of being pretty on the outside when you're so ugly on the inside?

Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look.

It is a fascinating and provocative thought that a body of water deserves to be considered as an organism in its own right.

Apparently, the line you take on Israel trumps everything else in life.

Rejoice in liberating moments of victory when conflicts, trials, and adversity fall momentarily under your command.