Your voice is much more articulate and people listen to you if you've been to school. In family decisions, not surprisingly, the biggest impact in reducing fertility is girls' education.

But the idea that I should be a teacher and a researcher of some sort did not vary over the years.

From the mid-1970s, I also started work on the causation and prevention of famines.

I think just as armament had a major impact of a negative kind in the world, education is something which has a major impact of a positive kind in the world. And I think the American population, with its humanity and with its concern about the future of the world, has a real reason to think about what it can do to help the world in expanding education.

[Globalization] has enriched the world scientifically and culturally and benefited many people economically as well.

the identity of an individual is essentially a function of her choices, rather than the discovery of an immutable attribute

Unceasing change turns the wheel of life, and so reality is shown in all it's many forms. Dwell peacefully as change itself liberates all suffering sentient beings and brings them great joy.