Honour what is most beautiful about the past and build it into the promise of the future.

The best change that comes to the world is when all parties are seeing each other as equal, and all parties have the opportunity to be transformed. That really goes back to the idea of dignity.

Human beings want to see each other. We want to be heard by each other.

Freedom is what beauty feels like when it can most express itself.

The time for change is now.

When we were walking through the narrow alleys [of the Mathare Valley slums], it was literally impossible not to step in the raw sewage and the garbage alongside the little homes. But at the same time it was also impossible not to see the human vitality, the aspiration and the ambition of the people who live there.

You should focus on being more interested than interesting.