The difference between rich and poor is becoming more extreme, and as income inequality widens the wealth gap in major nations, education, health and social mobility are all threatened.

You can't marginalize more than half of the globe's population and expect to see any meaningful solutions to the problems that ail the world.

There is no doubt that a woman's economic empowerment is very much interconnected to her health and the well being of her children.

As many as half of Ethiopias girls become wives before becoming adults. But Ethiopia is also a place where lasting solutions to child marriage are starting to make a difference.

If you educate a girl, you educate a nation.

Early marriage is most prevalent in communities suffering deep, chronic poverty.

We always say at CARE that we would love to see if we can work ourselves out of business.

The environmental community has an opportunity to create and leverage partnerships with the development community on social issues, rather than trying to develop new expertise of its own.

Learn to forgive yourself and move on.

What keeps me motivated is going out to the field and seeing programs that incorporate a focus on both people and the planet, and seeing how mutually reinforcing they can really be.

When a child is starving, a family may not be able to think about long-term sustainability or damage to ecosystems that support endangered species.

So Jesus confronts us with himself, sets before us a radical choice between obedience and disobedience, and calls us to an unconditional commitment of mind, will and life to his teaching.

The leadership of engagement begins by reconnecting to the physicality and the people of a company, not simply its spreadsheet. It all begins in the workplace.

I love coming of age stories that have struggle.

Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why.

I was writing from the time I was 12 years old, but I originally wanted to be a novelist.

People with Tourettes.....What makes them tick?

One of the secrets to staying young is to always do things you don't know how to do, to keep learning.

I'm terrified to ride a bike in a city - and I grew up riding bikes in the city. I've just heard enough stories - I have enough friends who've been hit by taxicabs and things.

People treat us the way we teach them to treat us.