The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn.

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.

You show me a lazy prick who's lying in bed all day, watching TV, only occasionally getting up to piss, and I'll show you a guy who's not causing any trouble.

But a lot of shows, they pose questions and they give you a puzzle where there's no solution.

I think there is nothing more lovely than the love of two beautiful women who are not envious of each other's charms.

There is nothing worth living for, unless it is worth dying for.

If you're not shooting in the right direction, it doesn't matter how well you're shooting.

The greatest test of faith is when you don't get what you want, but still you are able to say Thank You Lord.

He who understands you is greater kin to you than your own brother. For even your own kindred neither understand you nor know your true worth.

I have a family, a label, and I have responsibilities. It requires discipline and constant development of your skill.

If people really liked to work, we'd still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs.

Tim Powers is a brilliant writer.