"It is estimated that we now generate more unique information worldwide in a year than in the previous 5, 000 years of human history. Yet information is neither understanding nor wisdom. Will learning data be sufficient for creating the future we want? Or is there something outside of our current understanding and beliefs that could transform our lives and our world?"
—Jim Selman

"After an orange cloud — formed as a result of a dust storm over the Sahara and caught up by air currents — reached the Philippines and settled there with rain, I understood that we are all sailing in the same boat."
—Vladimir Kovalyonok, Astronaut