My voice sounded like one of the guinea fowl that screeched in our trees as it pooped, but I never let that stop me.

Trust Yourself and Believe, Whatever Happens Don't Give Up.

I went to sleep dreaming of Malawi, and all the things made possible when your dreams are powered by your heart.

I looked at my father and looked at those dry fields [in Malawi]. It was the future I couldn't accept.

I will always be looking back at the things I've gone through, thinking of the struggling people I've seen.

Don't insult me today just because I'm poor, you don't know what my future holds!

One thing that has helped me to become patient and cool is that I grew up with sisters.

BEFORE I DISCOVERED THE miracles of science, magic ruled the world.

Chief Wimbe also loved his cat, which was black and white but had no name. In Malawi, only dogs are given names, I don't know why.

When you go to see the lake, you also see the hippos.

Any weapon's only as good as the man using it, and a good man can make a good weapon out of most anything.

Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as it was yesterday when you and I laid wreaths at the Garden of Remembrance.

I'm very selfish! I'm only thinking about how I would look in clothes, and not how we as a society might appear in those clothes.

We are not damned. We never were. Who under the sun has the right to damn any living breathing creature?

An artist... must actively caress wonder: for fascination, like the desire to play, can be eradicated by the rigors of living.

Once you open your heart, you will start to absorb many things that come from the source - from Tao itself.

If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness.

I grew up watching films. Film has been part of my life since I was a child.

We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing.

The panic attacks - I still have them. They started when I was around 8. They always have to do with my death