That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree.

You can make a lot of speeches, but the real thing is when you dig a hole, plant a tree, give it water, and make it survive. That's what makes the difference

You cannot enslave a mind that knows itself. That values itself. That understands itself.

You cannot protect the environment unless you empower people, you inform them, and you help them understand that these resources are their own, that they must protect them.

When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and seeds of hope.

No matter who or where we are, or what our capabilities, we are called to do the best we can.

I’m very conscious of the fact that you can’t do it alone. It’s teamwork. When you do it alone you run the risk that when you are no longer there nobody else will do it.

Every person who has ever achieved anything has been knocked down many times. But all of them picked themselves up and kept going, and that is what I have always tried to do.

African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence.

Human rights are not things that are put on the table for people to enjoy. These are things you fight for and then you protect.

We cannot tire or give up. We owe it to the present and future generations of all species to rise up and walk!

In this world, there was nothing scarier than trusting someone. But there was also nothing more rewarding.

If there's any answer, maybe love can end the madness Maybe not, oh, but we can only try.

He wants to do you in cause the color of your skin.

...how odd to think of one's life not as chapters in a book but as complete volumes, separate and distinct.

My friends tease me because I don't like clutter. I'm not someone who gets attached to things.

Think before you speak. Think before you judge. Think before you think you have a person all figured out.

Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.

With my wife I get no respect. I fell asleep with a cigarette in my hand. She lit it.

I've been very fortunate. I feel very thankful. I've been able to come home and do some fun things and make it exciting for people here at home

Most things are not as risky as they seem.