There are discoverable limits to the amount of change that the human organism can absorb.

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 real question isn't whether or not you love your kids but how well you are able to demonstrate your love and caring so that your children really feel loved.

The business of peace requires more than showing up with paint brushes, foodstuffs and an oil pipeline or two.

I've learned... that just one person saying to me, 'You've made my day!' makes my day.

I love films-they are like paintings.

Offense is spacing and spacing is offense.

I really wish that we had passed a comprehensive immigration bill because that would've really helped our country.

I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive.

God, keep me from what they call 'households,'

I don't watch a lot of football for fun. I've tried, but I'm always looking to see if the left tackle is holding.

I write for young girls of color, for girls who don’t even exist yet, so that there is something there for them when they arrive. I can only change how they live, not how they think.