Alvin Toffler

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

“Change is not merely necessary to life - it is life.”

“Future shock is the dizzying disorientation brought on by the premature arrival of the future.”

“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.”

“The future always comes too fast and in the wrong order.”

“Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.”

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

“If you don't have a strategy, you're part of someone else's strategy.”

“Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate.”

“The great growling engine of change - technology.”

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

“Technology feeds on itself. Technology makes more technology possible.”

“Society needs people who take care of the elderly and who know how to be compassionate and honest. Society needs people who work in hospitals. Society needs all kinds of skills that are not just cognitive; they're emotional, they're affectional. You can't run the society on data and computers alone.”

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

“Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.”