I was devastated by the atrocious bombings that struck London today. These vicious acts have cut us all to the core, for they are an attack on humanity itself. [7th July 2005 - on London bombings

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.

Maybe happiness too is a metaphor invented on a day of boredom

Confronting discomfort is giving me strength, in a world where perfect strangers can render me powerless.

I’m almost afraid to tell you. Let’s put it this way: clean toilets are the least of your problems in this country.

There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go - if there are no doors or windows he walks through a wall.

Yeah I'm thirty-six, but on the show I'm thirty-two. Nobody wants to watch a thirty-six year old woman, so they decided to make me thirty-two. Much more appealing somehow.

They gave me eyes. All of you are beautiful; you shine like stars. But I must go away with them.

It would be a terrible mistake to go through life thinking that people are the sum total of what you see.

The unique thing that literature provides is to be able to step so fully into another situation and condition.

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

Egypt has managed to reclaim the 13-page papyrus manuscript.