In the poorest countries...it is women who are the key to breaking out of poverty...and preparing another generation for...leading their countries into real security.

As believers we all have an opportunity and moral obligation to recognize our spiritual common ground; to rise above our differences; to combat prejudice and intolerance.

Today, there is no excuse for any one of us to sit back and go, "Ugh! There's nothing I can do about it."Because there is always something that can be done.

If we are to prosper together in our increasingly small world, we must listen to -- and learn from each other's stories

I had never imagined myself, nor aspired to be, a member of a royal family. I wanted to be in the Peace Corps, not a princess!

The Koran says the killing of an innocent, the taking of an innocent life, is tantamount to killing all of mankind.

We develop our beautiful planet in such a way that we brush aside the species... we risk creating a wasteland, where our aspirations will ultimately wither and die

We can and must ensure the human rights of the displaced. That begins by making their voices heard.

A more just world is possible.

The killing of innocent people is a sin.

I think there are always going to be fanatics and charismatic extremists who are going to be able to draw a following.

Being a good mother, it seemed to me, meant you ran the risk of losing your child.

One of the interesting things about having little musical knowledge is that you generate surprising results sometimes; you move to places you wouldn't if you knew better.

800,000 Armenian deportees were actually killed... by holding the guilty accountable the government is intent on cleansing the bloody past.

You do not determine a man's greatness by his talent or wealth, as the world does, but rather by what it takes to discourage him.

I think her flaws make me love her even more. She's not perfect, but she's perfect to me

I didn't know at first that there were two languages in Canada.I just thought that there was one way to speak to my father and another to talk to my mother.

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.

What's shaking, chiefy baby?

Hold the mirror up to nature. Human behavior is worthy of examination and celebration.

It is sad that the air is the only thing we share. No matter how close we get to each other, there is always air between us.