Science fiction is the sovereign prophylactic against future shock.
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Knowledge is promiscuous. It mates and gives birth to more knowledge.
Knowledge is knowing... or knowing where to find out.
Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back.” - Chinese proverb
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.