The effects of human rights education can be dramatic in awakening people to the value and power of their own lives, as shown in the following stories.

With love and patience, nothing is impossible.

What may look like a small act of courage is courage nevertheless. The important thing is to be willing to take a step forward.

You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life.

Freedom doesn't mean the absence of all restrictions. It means possessing unshakable conviction in the face of any obstacle.

Salute to the Smiling Faces of the 21st Century.

No matter what our personal circumstances may be, if we ourselves become a source of light, then there will be no darkness in the world.

I cannot say this too strongly: Do not compare yourselves to others. Be true to who you are, and continue to learn with all your might.

What matters is the value we’ve created in our lives, the people we’ve made happy and how much we’ve grown as people.

Hope is the sun. It is light. It is passion. It is the fundamental force for life's blossoming.

Being sincere, dedicated and honest is the key. People of integrity triumph in the end.

a wise woman puts a grain of sugar in everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.

Mother was, ' June thought, 'a beautiful little ornament that was damaged.' Her broken edges cut her daughters in ways both emotional and physical, and only sharpened with age.

You stand the risk of a down turn, because you refused to take risks. So life demands risks.

I couldn't have gotten sober without rehab because I needed the science.

I grew up always admiring business owners. I was always interested in knowing who pulled what strings. I've always been in love with the decision making process, not just the product.

A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

May God richly bless you, my beloved.

It's not even about being negative. It's just being unsettled, unsatisfied, unfinished.

She has that kind of baby face, a very young face. So I was interested in working with Kate [Moss].

If I can make you unhappy, then I can make you happy as well.