If we succeed in empowering girls, we'll succeed in everything else.

One of the greatest gifts we can give to another generation is our experience, our wisdom.

Even the worst dictator, there is not a single one of them who would say "Oh yes, I violate human rights." They all claim "oh no, we respect human rights" even when they are doing the most egregious things.

We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live with these truths.

People want much the same things, but they have been formed by history to have a particular perception of the other.

To be neutral in a situation of injustice is to have chosen sides already. It is to support the status quo.

We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.