The problem is not one of prediction. It is one of imagination.

For every person who can imagine a possibility there are tens of thousands who are stuck in the greased grooves of history.

What's true for churches is true for other institutions: the older and more organized they get, the less adaptable they become. That's why the most resilient things in our world - biological life, stock markets, the Internet - are loosely organized.

From Gandhi to Mandela, from the American patriot to the Polish shipbuilders, the makers of revolutions have not come from the top.

Discovery is the journey; insight is the destination.

In the age of revolution you have to be able to imagine revolutionary alternatives to the status quo. If you can't, you'll be relegated to the swollen ranks of keyboard-pounding automatons.

Perseverance may be just as important as speed in the battle for the future.