What we can do as individuals may not be very much on the global scale, but we have to start the change by living as we are teaching.

When the problems in Northern Ireland started, it was not a question of Protestantism or Catholicism, because the Catholic church was the only church at that time-it was a nationalist conflict.

One of the biggest development issues in the world is the education of girls. In the United States and Europe, it has been accepted, but not in Africa and the developing countries.

I recently reread an article of mine written in 1964, and I think it is still valid. There is not much difference. Many of the items on the agenda 37 years ago are still there.

If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing.

My opinion on who's wrong or who's right has nothing to do with the fact that we have to bring together people who are against each other, to transform antagonism into cooperation.

I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations.