Microfinance recognizes that poor people are remarkable reservoirs of energy and knowledge

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.

Have you chosen to accept what life has given you, or are you choosing to create your life? There is a powerful difference.

True greatness demands humility

The most important thing in life is to know what you truly want. Then finding it is easy.

Though you may feel that you cannot improve the world, you can always improve yourself. In doing so, the world becomes a better place.

Nature was my kindergarten.

When God sneezed, I didn't know what to say.

His [Bob Dylan] humour was dry and splendid.

Grace does not choose a man and leave him as he is.

It could have been like a fairy tale. But fairy tales aren't real. Things don't work like that. There's a price for everything.

Cameras, in short, were clocks for seeing, and perhaps in me someone very old still hears in the photographic mechanism the living sound of the wood.