Preventing the conflicts of tomorrow means changing the mind-set of youth today.

We should be respectful but we must also have the courage to stop harmful practices that impoverish girls, women and their communities.

In a disparate world, children are a unifying force capable of bringing us all together in support of a common ethic.

It is the meaning of what my life has been since a youth - to try to fight for the dignity and the freedom of my own people.

The impact of armed conflict on children is everyone's responsibility. And it must be everyone's concern.

You’re everything to me. But at best, I’m just a memory to you.

(I)f we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution.

If he just had the decency to die silently yesterday, not squeal like a girl, I’d be free right now. Probably even doing some real job, ” she sneered.

Luck is a strong horse

The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God. One cannot pray unless he has faith in his own ability to accost the infinite, merciful, eternal God.

I know so many writers who are a hundred times better than me and have longer, greater ideas than mine, but they gave up; they stopped. The biggest talent you can have is determination.

If the meanest man in the republic is deprived of his rights,then every man in the republic is deprived of his rights.

I'm saying 9/11 was to get us into Iraq and get us into Afghanistan.

I have not asked for life. But I try to accept whatever life brings without surprise. And I shall depart again without having questioned anyone about my strange stay here on earth.

There's no answer for my offense, just like the polythagorean theorem.