Like navigation markings in unknown waters, definitions of poverty need to be distinctive and unambiguous. A definition that is not precise is as bad as no definition at all.

The fact that the poor are alive is clear proof of their ability.

Poverty does not belong in civilized human society. Its proper place is in a museum. That's where it will be.

Changes are products of intensive efforts.

..things are never as complicated as they seem. It is only our arrogance that prompts us to find unnecessarily complicated answers to simple problems.

The process of breaking down fear was always my greatest challenge and it was made easier by the careful work and gentle voices of my female workers.

...one cannot but wonder how an environment can make people despair and sit idle and then, by changing the conditions, one can transform the same people into matchless performers.

I believe that the emphasis on curbing population growth diverts attention from the more vital issue of pursuing policies that allow the population to take care of itself.

I learned that things are never as complicated as we imagine them to be. It is only our arrogance which seeks to find complicated answers to simple problems.

A man who has lived in many places is not likely to be deceived by the local errors of his native village

The aim of interpretation is not agreement but understanding

As the family goes, so go the children.

I love being nurturing and caring because I love to see other people happy.

I told the truth, I didn't come to fool you

Michael Jordan was a cultural icon that everybody on the playground wanted to be. The Bulls dynasty was a huge part of my childhood and it was the peak of my basketball interest as a kid.

In my recent travels into African countries and others, I was impressed by the importance of having a working unity among all peoples, black as well as white.

Find your purpose by excavating and tying together the common threads of your happy memories by focusing on the emotions you felt.

For the sake of your marriage, get a king-size bed. And if you really want to stay married, get two.

You almost have to force yourself to stay in a vacuum to become different - if you really want to be different.