In the year 2000 an illiterate person will not be someone who can't read or write, but someone who is not able to learn, unlearn and learn again.

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.

Humanity faces a quantum leap forward. It faces the deepest social upheaval and creative restructuring of all time. Without clearly recognizing it, we are engaged in building a remarkable new civilization from the ground up. This is the meaning of the Third Wave.

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

Profits, like sausages... are esteemed most by those who know least about what goes into them.

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

The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together.