We need to ensure the poorest in the planet - who will be hardest hit by the financial crisis - are not forgotten.

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.

The fearful person wilts and submits to what they call fate. The fearless negotiates with fate for a compromise.

You can live forever for me.

A single word often betrays a great design.

Let shining Charity adorn your zeal, The noblest impulse generous minds can feel.

Most scientists are without exception adorably quirky, and one of the ways of making it more accessible was to try to get readers interested in the person.

I'm the one who changes the world if I can follow what I think should and shouldn't be lived in this world.

I saw The Empire Strikes Back the week that it came out. My father was a huge Star Wars fan. And so when it came out, my dad took me.

I've played killers, crazies, and really bad people.

Time is the wisest of all counselors.

It is in these moments of tender and ridiculous nostalgia that I know something inside me is still broken.