Capability is just a concept of what is it we're looking at. Now how far we can go along that and what new capabilities become possible is something we have to judge.

Poverty is not just a lack of money; it is not having the capability to realize one's full potential as a human being

Economic growth without investment in human development is unsustainable - and unethical.

The success of a society is to be evaluated primarily by the freedoms that members of the society enjoy.

Poverty is the deprivation of opportunity.

I believe that virtually all the problems in the world come from inequality of one kind or another.

Empowering women is key to building a future we want

Starvation is the characteristic of some people not having enough food to eat. It is not the characteristic of there being not enough food to eat.

Freedoms are not only the primary ends of development, they are also among its principal means.

Progress is more plausibly judged by the reduction of deprivation than by the further enrichment of the opulent

No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning democracy.

I really do literally put myself into a character's shoes.

Keep a positive mind. Remember, a failed attempt doesn’t make you a failure—giving up does.

If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.

I think friends are an extension of you and I always say, check out a persons five immediate friends and you'll know everything about them.

War: that mad game the world so loves to play.

I am a postmodern romantic. I try to use their way to photograph, and at the same time, incorporate the problems that I feel in a country like Guatemala.

To philosophize means to make vivid.

There is no future for e-books, because they are not books. E-books smell like burned fuel.

It's amazing what you don't see, though. Even when it's right in front of your eyes.

Competence is no longer a scarce commodity.