It's important not to demonize [Donald's] Trump voters.

A few countries like Sri Lanka and Honduras have led the way in slashing maternal mortality.

The news media's silence, particularly television news, is reprehensible. If we knew as much about Darfur as we do about Michael Jackson, we might be able to stop these things from continuing.

We all might ask ourselves why we tune in to these more trivial matters and tune out when it comes to Darfur

The conflict in Darfur could escalate to where we're seeing 100,000 victims per month

There are other issues I have felt more emotionally connected to, like China, where I lived and worked for some time. I was living there when Tiananmen Square erupted

While Americans have heard of Darfur and think we should be doing more there, they aren't actually angry at the president about inaction

It really is quite remarkable that Darfur has become a household name. I am gratified that's the case.

The north of the Central African Republic is now a war zone, with rival armed bands burning villages, kidnapping children, robbing travelers and killing people with impunity.

The greatest threat to extremism isn't drones firing missiles, but girls reading books.

You will be judged in years to come by how you responded to genocide on your watch.

Live, not just for livingLive, not just for gettingLive for the beauty of lovingLive for the joy of giving.

But I can’t . . . I can’t leave anyone to the darkness.

An editor should tell the author his writing is better than it is. Not a lot better, a little better.

A statesman who is enamored of existing evils as distin-quished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.

I don't know enough to have any regrets

The Westwood Cemetery is just a few blocks from my home, and a number of my very dear friends are buried there.

Every person exceeds our power of measurement.

We're a terribly lonesome society. For all I know, all societies are. You can make a few new friends, that's all. You can't change history. History is happening to us now.

I am very interested in human-interest stories emerging from modern India. I get my inspiration and daily dose by reading the Hindustan Times.

Matters of the subconscious affect reality in ways we don't quite realize.