Often we blame a region's religion when the oppression instead may be rooted in its culture. Yet, that acknowledged, it's also true that . . . it is often cited by the oppressors.

One of the great failings of the American education system (in our view) is that young people can graduate from university without any understanding of poverty at home or abroad.

Americans of faith should try as hard to save the lives of African women as the lives of unborn fetuses.

I went back to the women and said, 'Tell me exactly what you want us to do.' And they said, 'Don't do anything for us, do somethingfor our children'.

In India, a "bride burning"-- to punish a woman for inadequate dowry or to eliminate her so a man can remarry-- takes place approximately once every two hours, but rarely constitute news.

Imagine the outcry if the Pakistani or Indian governments were burning women alive at those rates. Yet when the government is not directly involved people shrug.

But they had learned an important lesson about how defeating poverty is more difficult than it seems at first.

Even though we are peripheral to the slavery, our action is necessary to overcome a horrific evil.

The nature of the world is to be calm, and enhance and support life, and evil is an absence of the inclination of matter to be at peace.

Words can't be wood enough for a lot of things. But you know, I guess we have to try.

Men are a luxury, not a necessity.

For me, performance is about forgetting what I'm wearing. Just putting it on and knowing it's right.

As you pass through bhakti yoga, as you pass through love, you're elated. You're fulfilled and you're joyous.

We got 16,000 wonderful vehicles. We got all the steel that we make our tanks out of. Of course, we couldn't have done without Western aid.

Let's finally guarantee equal pay for women.

Strong lives are those that are marked by a sense of purpose, connectedness, resilience, and fulfillment.

Despite these hurdles, manufacturers in the U.S. and their employees are doing remarkable work.

One of the key qualities that you need to be a great hockey player is fantastic anticipation and feel for the game - if you know where the puck is going before it is hit, that is half the battle.