Imparting education not only enlightens the receiver, but also broadens the giver - the teachers, the parents, the friends.

I think one big thing about the United States is that the American population, they may be excited about Iraq or one thing or another, but basically has had a great deal of interest in humanitarian causes both within the country and abroad. Even when they criticize the mechanism to which it flows.

[The] USA has been immensely successful in making the determination to deal with terrorism [as] a factor in the global world and, similarly, if it took a similar interest in education, it could make a difference.

I think education has a bigger impact on the lives of people than absolutely anything else.

There is considerable evidence that women's education and literacy tend to reduce the mortality rates of children

Education can really transform the insecurities in the world into a bigger vision of what we are as human beings.

I have not had any serious non-academic job.