Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.

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.

No word matters. But man forgets reality and remembers words.

We can cure the disease of intolerance. We must do it if the world is to survive. No us. No them. Just we.

I want out of this place.With no reminders."It stings -sulphur tearsin cinnamon rain.

Natural gas is the one fuel that we have that's affordable, it's scaleable, it can replace coal over time, it can replace imported oil, can create American jobs.

The 'Hipster Nerds' like stuff because they hate it. It's like they ironically like it.

We see the moon, don't we? So it's our eye. Animals see us, don't they? So we're their animals.

I have so many books to write now. So I'll write from home. Sometimes I'm writing in the office too, in my cubicle. It looks like a mess. It doesn't look like anybody uses the spot.

A fool who has a flash of wit creates astonishment and scandal, like hack-horses setting out to gallop.

You feel quite distant by playing at huge stadiums year after year, where you only can see a great darkness in front of you

Yet we were rescued by that fancy, and saved by a myth.