The world is only one poor harvest away from chaos. We are so close to the edge that politically destabilising food prices could come at any time

Corruption is a cancer that steals from the poor, eats away at governance and moral fibre and destroys trust.

Climate change policies cannot be the frosting on the cake of development; they must be baked into the recipe of growth and social development.

All of us make mistakes. The key is to acknowledge them, learn, and move on. The real sin is ignoring mistakes, or worse, seeking to hide them.

Private sector development and the creation of small businesses spur investment, jobs, opportunity, and hope. It empowers the market to meet local needs, whether for food, basic goods, or services.

The most effective executive branch officials try to help legislators develop explanations for the votes they are being asked to take.

One of the challenges for sub-Saharan Africa is that markets are of modest size. This makes regional integration important.

Don't just analyze a problem - solve it.

It is vital that the World Bank Group continually challenges itself to refresh our development thinking. It is vital that a modernized multilateralism be open to new ideas.

There are many roads to prosperity, but one must be taken. Inaction leads nowhere.

In London, Washington, and Paris, people talk of bonuses or no bonuses. In parts of Africa, South Asia, and Latin America, the struggle is for food or no food.

True life Is Life Of emptiness and focused.

El error más grande al caer es quedarnos en el piso.

It is my personal belief that writing cannot be taught.

Is any life so isolated that it lives only in the past and not in the present and future, too?

For weeks I've been telling him not to buy anything for my birthday and he still forgot to bring me something.

I utter what you would not dare think

The working class has been turned into a consuming class - a situation has been created where people value their worth by what they can afford.

With what sovereignty we have retained, we choose to decide for ourselves our needs in accordance with our values, exerting our rights of empowerment under those articles of the treaties.

We must help women in every society to have their voices heard.

Each pursues his own theory, little solicitous to correct or improve it by an attention to what is advanced by his opponents.