Beneath the surface of states and nations, ideas and language, lies the fate of individual human beings in need. Answering their needs will be the mission of the United Nations in the century to come.
Kofi AnnanOnce you are really challenged, you find something in yourself. Man doesn't know what he is capable of until he is asked.
Kofi AnnanFor everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right.
Kofi AnnanI used to tell the story about as a young man in high school one of the professors came in and put a broad white sheet on the board with a dot in the right hand corner and said, "Boys, what do you see?" And we all shouted, a black dot. He stood back and said, "not a single one of you saw the broad white sheet, you all saw the black dot." He went on to tell us to focus on the broader picture, don't focus on the negative.
Kofi Annan