Everywhere I go, I see very much the same thing. I see the same compassion for people who live half a world away. I see the same concern about events beyond these borders. And, increasingly, I see the same conviction that we can and we must join together to stop the scourge of AIDS and poverty.

This is not about charity, it's about justice... The war against terror is bound up in the war against poverty - I didn't say that, Colin Powell said that . . .

In the art world, creativity involves aesthetic sensibility, emotional resonance and a gift for expression.

Perception is real even when it is not reality.

The awful thing is that you can never be aware of what you are not aware of.

My thinking was taught to tribes in South Africa like the Zulus and Xhosas. At the time there were about 210 fights breaking out among them every month, but after they listened to my lessons, this fell to just four.

A good listener is very nearly as attractive as a good talker. You cannot have a beautiful mind if you do not know how to listen.