In some extreme cases, women are constrained by what can only be described as pre-Islamic, misogynistic approaches to the role of women in society. That continues to be a challenge.

As believers we all have an opportunity and moral obligation to recognize our spiritual common ground; to rise above our differences; to combat prejudice and intolerance.

Today, there is no excuse for any one of us to sit back and go, "Ugh! There's nothing I can do about it."Because there is always something that can be done.

If we are to prosper together in our increasingly small world, we must listen to -- and learn from each other's stories

In the poorest countries...it is women who are the key to breaking out of poverty...and preparing another generation for...leading their countries into real security.

I had never imagined myself, nor aspired to be, a member of a royal family. I wanted to be in the Peace Corps, not a princess!

The Koran says the killing of an innocent, the taking of an innocent life, is tantamount to killing all of mankind.

We develop our beautiful planet in such a way that we brush aside the species... we risk creating a wasteland, where our aspirations will ultimately wither and die

We can and must ensure the human rights of the displaced. That begins by making their voices heard.

A more just world is possible.

The killing of innocent people is a sin.

Some jobs are so dirty you can only send in someone who has the finely honed hatred of liberals acquired at elite universities to do them.

Surely it isn't illegal here to complain about young people these days? How cruel. I had thought it a basic part of human nature, one of the few universally practiced human customs.

Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law.

Pain is an event ... Suffering, on the other hand, is the nightmare reliving of unscrutinized and unmetabolized pain.

Mountains of gold would not seduce some men, yet flattery would break them down.

There's no such thing as designing the perfect utopian city. Everything is subject to change. There are no final frontiers.

How much I desire! Inside my little satchel, the moon, and flowers

When they are 50 yards from Parliament Hill, they are no longer honourable members, they are just nobodies.

When a woman says she will obey you, of her own will, it is time to sleep lightly and watch your back.

Go to meet destiny halfway and destiny will come to your assistance.