..things are never as complicated as they seem. It is only our arrogance that prompts us to find unnecessarily complicated answers to simple problems.

The fact that the poor are alive is clear proof of their ability.

Poverty does not belong in civilized human society. Its proper place is in a museum. That's where it will be.

Changes are products of intensive efforts.

The process of breaking down fear was always my greatest challenge and it was made easier by the careful work and gentle voices of my female workers.

...one cannot but wonder how an environment can make people despair and sit idle and then, by changing the conditions, one can transform the same people into matchless performers.

Like navigation markings in unknown waters, definitions of poverty need to be distinctive and unambiguous. A definition that is not precise is as bad as no definition at all.

I believe that the emphasis on curbing population growth diverts attention from the more vital issue of pursuing policies that allow the population to take care of itself.

I learned that things are never as complicated as we imagine them to be. It is only our arrogance which seeks to find complicated answers to simple problems.

All blood runs red.

I feel there are two people inside of me-me and my intuition. If I go against her she'll screw me every time and if I follow her we get along quite nicely.

I took the process of doing as much myself as I could like a duck to water. I set up my own label and publishing, etc, and it was a fun learning curve two decades ago.

Everybody wants to laugh - you know that. They need to laugh... people need to laugh.

To those who have separated themselves from the Church, I say, my dear friends, there is yet a place for you here.

The invasion of Iraq was a bandit act, an act of blatant state terrorism, demonstrating absolute contempt for the concept of international law.

It is a law, that every event depends on some law.

Make your race a playground, not a proving ground.

Lying to yourself is easy, too. I know. It's much harder to stay and deal with consequences.

Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'.