Listening is not only about waiting, but it's also learning how better to ask questions.

What is the cost of not daring? What is the cost of not trying?

I finally understood: In order to contribute to Africa, I would have to know myself better and be clearer about my goals. I would have to be ready to take Africa on its own terms, not mine, and to learn my limits and present myself not as a do-gooder with a big heart, but as someone with something to give and gain by being there. Compassion wasn't enough

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

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

We can send people to the Moon; we can see if there's life on Mars - why can't we get $5 [mosquito] nets to 500 million people?

The time for change is now.