Failure can be an incredibly motivating force.

Your job is not to be perfect, your job is only to be human.

Every day we have a choice. We can take the easier road, the more cynical road, which is a road sometimes based on a dream of a past that never was, fear of each other, distancing and blame, or we can take the much more difficult path, the road of transformation, transcendence, compassion, and love, but also accountability and justice.

Poverty is not only about income levels, but for lack of freedom that comes from physical insecurity

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

I have also been touched by the dark side of power and leadership.

Our lives are so short. And our time on this planet is so precious. All we have is each other.