Emotion without action is irrelevant.

What I consider to be peace [is] a sustainable peace in which the majority of people on this planet have access to enough resources to live dignified lives.

What separates an ordinary woman from an extraordinary one? The belief that she is ordinary.

Worrying about a problem is not a strategy for change.

I believe that worrying about the problems plaguing our planet without taking steps to confront them is absolutely irrelevant. The only thing that changes this world is taking action.

Go beyond tolerance to acceptance.

For me, the difference between an ‘ordinary’ and an ‘extraordinary’ person is not the title that person might have, but what they do to make the world a better place for us all.

Together we have given the world the possibility of one day living on a truly mine-free planet.

It's sort of easy to make a challenge. It's very hard to put the full fate of your government behind the challenge and make it happen. That's real leadership.

This victory is in large part due to the Internet... For the first time, a coalition of NGOs has had an influence on the security of the entire world without being a superpower.

Guns go home with the soldiers, but landmines are designed to kill - mindlessly, out of control, for years.

That is all very senseless, but this senselessness has a pretty mouth, and it smiles.

Through our awareness, we can open the inheritance of our qualities or talents, and behind that, reside in the stillness of being, present in the sanctity of universal love.

It was the sound of a thousand hungry children crying, ten thousand widows tearing their hair over their husband's graves, a chorus of angels singing the last dirge on the day of God's death.

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

Advocating for yourself in the context of friendship starts with choosing the right people to be part of your inner circle.

Like Richard Price and the late, great Elmore Leonard, Matt Burgess is one of those cool, quick and funny writers who can turn a seemingly routine crime caper into something special.

I love fashion, obviously, but I hate trying on clothes.

When you see all of these bands citing you as influences, it makes you feel relevant

I am not saying that I am different, but I don't have emotional pain. I may be angry and I may be peaceful, but no emotional pain.

Civil disobedience is an act of love.