Unless the Security Council is restored to its pre-eminent position as the sole source of legitimacy on the use of force, we are on a dangerous path to anarchy.

We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race.

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

We shall not defeat any of the infectious diseases that plague the developing world until we have also won the battle for safe drinking water, sanitation, and basic health care.

Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy and sustainable human development.

...there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women.

Education is, quite simply, peace-building by another name. It is the most effective form of defense spending there is.

When women thrive, all of society benefits, and succeeding generations are given a better start in life.

Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.

It has been said that arguing against globalization is like arguing against the laws of gravity.

Stop pointing fingers and placing blame on others. Your life can only change to the degree that you accept responsibility for it.

What is the easiest, the most comfortable thing for a writer to do? To congratulate the society in which he lives: to admire its biceps, applaud its progress, tease it endearingly about its follies.

Make sure you speak out and loud enough to be heard.

Begin to grow in wisdom and develop an informed approach to more global issues around you and along your path to success and significance.

Decades can pass, You can move countries, Wars can be fought, People can die, People can change, But the stars stay the same.They stay constant, They are really the only reliable things in life

One must also have faith to grow flowers...

Economics as a discipline has in effect become the study of capitalism. The two are taken as the same subject.

The creative writer uses his life as well as being its victim; he can control, in his work, the self-presentation that in actuality is at the mercy of a thousand accidents.

The solution to our water problems is more rain.

When you're an outsider or a misfit, if you play it smart, your motto should be, 'I'll show 'em. I will show you.'