Girls' education is a human right. And along with its fundamental justice, it promises so much for the individual, for her family, for society, for all of us.

Be greedy for social change, and your life will be endlessly enriched. The only failure lies in not trying, or giving up.

Never take your eye off the ball. Always remember that you and everyone on the team is the servant of the cause - in our case, girls' education and young women's leadership in Africa.

Have faith in your intuition and listen to your gut feeling.

I have seen the transformative effect that education has in the lives of young women and their communities.

You can't raise the aspirations of a child and then leave them hanging. Poverty can't be solved by a project. It's solved by a relationship, collaboration.

Until we realize that we are the children of the Almighty God and start acting like His representatives on the earth, nothing will change in our country

But should not atheists have an equal obligation to explain the origin of pleasure in a world of randomness and meaninglessness?

A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.

No one chooses what does not rest with himself, but only what he thinks can be attained by his own act.

The American people understand that we need real change in this country, in my view, a political revolution, which says to the people on top, "You know what, you guys can't have it all."

There's always another right answer.

To change one's religion under the threat of force is no conversion but rather cowardice.

In America many things that are interesting are seen as odd.

I cry out from the ashes, burned with sin and shame. I ask you Lord to make me whole again.

We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.