There are probably no more market-oriented individuals on the planet, than low income people.

I think I still have a great sense of adventure and trust, and am surprisingly idealistic given all the horrible things I've seen since I was 25. I think how I have changed is that I have a much deeper understanding of the dark forces in the world, of power.

I think we so often equate leadership with being experts - the leader is supposed to come in and fix things. But in this interconnected world we live in now, it's almost impossible for just one person to do that.

I have seen that traditional approaches to charity and aid don't solve problems of poverty. In fact, too often they create dependence.

Traditional charity and aid are never going to solve the problems of poverty.

We often don't realize what our action & our inaction do to people we think we will never see & never know.

Failure can be an incredibly motivating force.