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

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.

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.

You are never too young to lead and you should never doubt your capacity to triumph where others have not.

In my brief glimpse of what is to come I realize how little I care to witness it. I have seen the future and I'm fairly relieved to say, it looks nothing like me.

Much in sorrow, oft in woe, Onward, Christians, onward go.

You can either be the sickness in your world or you can be the cure.

eating is the sleeping of being awake.

When you know your not going to die, you have to ask yourself... What's the highest and best use for myself.

Fast Food Nation was boring and aimed at yuppies, and yuppies don't eat fast food.

Reform is not for the short-winded. I'm committed to making sure the Senate is more than just a graveyard for good ideas.

Heaven's help is better than early rising.

Allow love to fill the places where anxiety now resides.

The future is only scary if we try to avoid it.