Education is the great equalizer of our time. It gives hope to the hopeless and creates chances for those without.

We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

We shall not defeat any of the infectious diseases that plague the developing world until we have also won the battle for safe drinking water, sanitation, and basic health care.

Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.

...there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women.

Education is, quite simply, peace-building by another name. It is the most effective form of defense spending there is.

When women thrive, all of society benefits, and succeeding generations are given a better start in life.

Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.

It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity.

Surely there is something in the unruffled calm of nature that overawes our little anxieties and doubts

If I was asked to write a poem about her. Every word I use would end up, being her name. And it would still sound so beautiful and breathtaking to me in the end.

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.

When the Woolworth's-Hot-Fudge-Sundae switch goes on, then I know I really have something.

Relationship is a mirror in which you can see yourself, not as you would wish to be, but as you are.

When Jim Carrey signed on to star in [The Cable Guy], and then they asked me to produce it, I made a very brief plea to direct - which was rejected really as quickly as anything can be.

Some people think wearing powder ages them, but try it anyway. For me it mattes my makeup and blends it well.

I don't want to just be fully rapping my whole life.

Now people with HIV are no longer dying, but living many years - we are around longer to potentially affect others.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around.