The equivalent of five jumbo jets' worth of women die in labor each day, but the issue is almost never covered.

A few countries like Sri Lanka and Honduras have led the way in slashing maternal mortality.

The news media's silence, particularly television news, is reprehensible. If we knew as much about Darfur as we do about Michael Jackson, we might be able to stop these things from continuing.

We all might ask ourselves why we tune in to these more trivial matters and tune out when it comes to Darfur

The conflict in Darfur could escalate to where we're seeing 100,000 victims per month

There are other issues I have felt more emotionally connected to, like China, where I lived and worked for some time. I was living there when Tiananmen Square erupted

While Americans have heard of Darfur and think we should be doing more there, they aren't actually angry at the president about inaction

It really is quite remarkable that Darfur has become a household name. I am gratified that's the case.

The north of the Central African Republic is now a war zone, with rival armed bands burning villages, kidnapping children, robbing travelers and killing people with impunity.

The greatest threat to extremism isn't drones firing missiles, but girls reading books.

You will be judged in years to come by how you responded to genocide on your watch.

Success dwells in a neighbourhood that can only be explored through failure, and it is through perfect knowledge of that neighbourhood that we gain perfect knowledge of her address

Hitting "like" on a social media platform is the modern day version of clapping at the end of a performance.

I will look after you and I will look after anybody you say needs to be looked after, any way you say. I am here. I brought my whole self to you. I am your mother.

I didn't want to be a genius! That ain't cool.

Some people say, 'Save yourself and you save your ways.' I say, 'Be yourself and you save your soul.

James Brown and Frank Sinatra are two different quantities in the universe. They represent two different experiences of the world.

Pretending you are not in love with someone only delays the time of you getting over them.

If people fear that they have to choose between their job or fixing the climate, they will always protect their job. Because that's how they live to see tomorrow.

You would always beat me; not so much because you are a better fighter as because you will not accept defeat.

One day all of us will die but - and this is the important thing - we are not dead yet.