We tend to look at countries in terms of failed states and functioning states, which is rather simplistic.

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.

I can only imagine that future generations will consider us to have been barbaric for our intolerance of differences.

Magic touches people in the way great art does. It lets them see the world with new eyes.

If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.

Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams.

Who is not attracted by bright and pleasant children, to prattle, to creep, and to play with them?

Kissing Mother Superior, incompetent, hairball, poppy seeds, on the can.

Sympathy is a sweet thing.

We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.

We are all miracles. What we do with the miracle is our choice.

Look-ye, 'tis my Opinion, ev'ry Man cheats in his Way. And he is only honest, who is not discover'd.