We all have won the lottery of life. How do we discharge that responsibility?

Our focus has to be on changing reality, not changing laws.

It's no accident that the countries that have enjoyed an economic take off have been those that educated girls and then gave them the autonomy to move to the cities to find work

Women are not the problem they're the solution

If you economically empower a woman, she represents enormous opportunity that can actually be transformative not only for her family and for her community, but at the aggregate level for the economy.

One of the ways to be happy, to be truly happy, is to contribute to a cause that is greater than yourself. And, through Harvard-based research, we can see that happy people live longer.

The tools to crush modern slavery exist, but the political will is lacking.

One of the best ways to fight poverty and to fight terrorism is to educate girls and bring women into the formal labor force.

When the history of African development is written, it will be clear that a turning point involved the empowerment of women.

For lack of a few pinches of ordinary iodised table salt in the diet of a third world pregnant mother, a child can lose up to ten IQ (Intelligence Quotient) points.

...cultural barriers can be overcome relatively swiftly where there is the political will to do so.

REGARDING THE MARCHING BAND: How much more interesting it would be to see a creeping band.

Life is a series of problems to figure out how to solve gracefully and with dignity. That is what life is and I can't see it any other way.

I don't believe a religion affords any protection if they are connected to any kind of terror.

If you wish me to weep, you yourself must first feel grief.

Hungry Joe collected lists of fatal diseases and arranged them in alphabetical order so that he could put his finger without delay on any one he wanted to worry about.

You can bear anything if it is not your fault.

Love turns a heart to crystal...Much more valuable, but much more fragile.

Our linear concept of time means nothing to nature.

Maybe a man has to sell his soul to get the power to do good.

The Man who never in his Mind & Thoughts travel'd to Heaven Is No Artist.