A library is a hospital for the mind.” - Anonymous

Many countries today have begun the transition from an industrial wealth system and civilization to a knowledge-based system - without appreciating that a new wealth system is impossible without a corresponding new way of life.

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

Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.

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

Most managers were trained to be the thing they most despise - bureaucrats.

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.