As long as we fail to face up to the past and deal with it accordingly, the future will smack of corruption.

There is no justice in killing in the name of justice.

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

And one day, this thing happened to me: I coughed, and the blood just came gushing out of my mouth. ... I still can't believe that that happened to me, but I sat there, and I said to God, 'Well, if it means I'm going to die, that's OK.' I don't think I've ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB.

If everyone who wants to see an end to poverty, hunger and suffering speaks out, then the noise will be deafening.

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

The world is awful but also the world is beautiful. Human beings are awful, but ultimately human beings are tremendous.