NSUE Inaugural Conference

Happy Birthday
Vision for
Change
 The Way Forward
“Future shock- the
shattering stress and
disorientation that we
induce in individuals
by subjecting them to
too much change in
too short a time”
Alvin Toffler- “Future shock” (1970)
 The time is right
“I am in favour of
change in the right
circumstances. And
those circumstances
are when it can no
longer be resisted”
Vera Brittain (1893-1970)
 Partnership and progress
“If you throw cakes at a
man, he will throw
cakes at you”
Japanese proverb

“Badly cut hair is two

men’s shame”
Danish proverb
 Meaningful dialogue
“Power corrupts, but
lack of power corrupts
absolutely”
Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965)

“Silence is the supreme

contempt”
Charles Augustine Sainte-Beure
(1804-1869)
 Experts
“No man’s knowledge
can go beyond his
experience”
John Locke (1632-1704)

“The doctors were very

brave about my
illness”
Dorothy Parker
 Attitudes
“The best plans have
always been
wrecked by the
narrow-mindedness
of those who should
carry them out”
Bertholdt Brecht
 Elections
“Would you die for your
beliefs?”- “Of course
not- I might be wrong”
Bertrand Russell.
 The caring context
“Compassion and love
are not mere luxuries.
As the source of both
inner and external
peace, they are
fundamental to the
continued survival of
our species*
Dalai Lama 1999