Women, who are a majority of the peoples of the earth, are indispensable to the accumulation of the kind of social capital that is conducive to development, peace, justice and civility.

Women's empowerment is intertwined with respect for human rights.

As we move into the twenty-first century, women's status in society will become the standard by which to measure our progress toward civility and peace.

We Have the Ability to Achieve, If We Master the Necessary Goodwill, a Common Global Society

The connection between women's human rights, gender equality, socioeconomic development and peace is increasingly apparent.

In the future, human rights will be increasingly a universal criterion for designing ethical systems.

Women’s status in society has become the standard by which humanity’s progress toward civility and peace can be measured.”-Architects of Peace: Visions of Hope in Words and Images

The new information technology, indifferent to human suffering, does not accommodate humane needs unless we harness it and make it do so.

Rights and empowerment are interconnected: unless a substantial number of women in a community come to believe that they have rights and demand to exercise them, right remains an abstraction.

The path of nonviolence is the path of respect. It is respect towards every being. It is the path of awakening the consciousness of every being.

I don't think the Republican Party, or I should say the Republican Party as the vehicle for modern American conservative ideas, survives with Donald Trump.

I really believe in the goodness of Canadians. The idea that everyone should be given an equal opportunity to succeed in this country and particularly for children.

People say great art is immortal. I say there's something mortal in it. It carries a glimpse of death.

I don't like sitting still at a desk and often conduct business on my Blackberry or in walking meetings.

Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue.

Courage is like a disobedient dog, once it starts running away it flies all the faster for your attempts to recall it.

You need to be happy to live, I don't.

We defended. We made them keep tough shots, and we executed offensively.

I was assistant in Edmonton with Wayne as captain, and Kevin Lowe was the other assistant.