Alvin Toffler Quotes

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

By instructing students how to learn, unlearn and relearn, a powerful new dimension can be added to education. Psychologist Herbert Gerjuoy of the Human Resources Research Organization phrases it simply: 'The new education must teach the individual how to classify and reclassify information, how to evaluate its veracity, how to change categories when necessary, how to move from the concrete to the abstract and back, how to look at problems from a new direction — how to teach himself. Tomorrow's illiterate will not be the man who can't read; he will be the man who has not learned how to learn.'

In order to acquire learning, we must first shake ourselves free of it.

You have to get a little untrapped from too much prior knowledge.

They know enough who know how to learn.

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.

The wrong things are predominantly stressed in the schools - things remote from the student's experience and need.

Education in the past has been too much inspiration and too little information.

Knowledge is exploding, so you need to commit yourself to a plan for lifelong learning.

We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one knew yesterday, and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet.

Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.

A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the exceptions.

It's not easy to change the way you play when you are 30.

You're supposed to keep learning. You're not supposed to stagnate.

You can't teach an old dog new dog new tricks. Now,you can give an old dog new toys. And we've got one here!

Anyone who stops learning is old — whether this happens at twenty or at eighty. Anyone who keeps on learning not only remains young but becomes constantly more valuable — regardless of physical capacity.

Be versed in ancient lore, and familiarize yourself with the modern; then may you become teachers.

Half of learning is learning. The other half of learning is unlearning.

You are always learning; there is a lot of grey; don't take things for granted.

Be quick to learn and wise to know.

I have been a teacher myself all my life. I have an intense passion to share with people. Our only salvation is in knowledge, in learning.

The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn.

The ability to perceive or think differently is more important than the knowledge gained.

Events are the best teacher for us. You try to learn from people, there is always some bend to it.

Any place that anyone can learn something useful from someone with experience is an educational institution.