There isn't a political price to be paid yet for doing nothing. People need to get upset with President Bush. People need to get upset with their Congressmen.

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.

Hey, pretty book, why don’t you lie in my lap awhile?

Some of God's greatest mercies are in his refusals. He says no in order that he may, in some way we cannot imagine, say yes.

I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.

You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep seated need to believe

Never give up and take nothing for granted in life.

There is a close relationship between flowers and convicts. The fragility and delicacy of the former are of the same nature as the brutal insensitivity of the latter.

It is always more valuable to report the truth.

My favorite place to shop is: any Duane Reade.

Art persists, it timelessly continues.

A man can make what he wants of himself if he truly believes that he must be ready for hard work and many heartbreaks.