I realise I'm still a child, though I do feel older.

I wouldn't call myself a geek, but I do sometimes teach Mommy and Daddy stuff about computers. And I do watch TV, but only informative programmes like the news and documentaries.

In order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first.

Since the age of four, I've been exploring what I can do with the written word: everything from championing literacy and youth voice to raising awareness about world hunger.

You must lend an ear today, because we are the leaders of tomorrow

All that you need to become an entrepreneur and change the world is a working brain - and pretty much nothing else.

Learning between grown-ups and kids should be reciprocal. The reality, unfortunately, is a little different, and it has a lot to do with trust, or a lack of it.

Young people are often asked, 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' and given advice about how to lead meaningful adult lives, but where's the encouragement to lead meaningful lives right now?

If you pursued something that you felt strongly about, then I call that success.

Let's abolish the term 'childish' because adults normally cause the largest problems.

It seems we're not only uninformed about our present, we're ignorant of our past.

The mind cannot live in nature, only against nature, only as its counterpart.

Sometimes when you experience something wonderful, everything else loses its shine.

Approaching this day with optimism and fire, with patience and determination, with compassion and love.

Friendship formed in the glamour industry comes with mutual benefits, which is nice, but it is not the real deal.

Sometimes God allows storms to come together in such a way that they ultimately fulfill something that would never have happened otherwise.

There is only one thing worse than boredom, and that is the fear of boredom.

I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man.

I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.

I think it's absolutely a blessing when you just know what your purpose is and your destiny. I don't think it's a curse at all.

You rebel against your parents until you become them. One day you look in the mirror and you see your father's face.