I am a Nobel Peace laureate and my business should be to try to bring stability, not to be a red rag to bulls.

Every praying person, every person who has an encounter with God, must have a passionate concern for his or her brother and sister, his or her neighbor. To treat any of these as if he were less than the child of God is to deny the validity of one's spiritual existence.

Dream of a world where poverty is history, dream of a world where we don't spend those obscene billions on arms, knowing full well that a tiny fraction of those budgets of death would ensure that children everywhere had clean water to drink, could afford the cheap inoculations against preventable diseases, would have good schools, adequate healthcare and decent homes.

There is room for everyone; there is room for every culture, race, language and point of view.

To forgive is indeed the best form of self-interest since anger, resentment, and revenge are corrosive of that summum bonum, the greatest good.

God says, 'You know what? I don't have anybody else... except you.'

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.