Tragedy, no matter how sad, becomes boring to those not caught in its addictive caress.

Because of our routines we forget that life is an ongoing adventure.

If I'm going to a new country, I try to learn something about the language and the culture, so I don't just go bumbling over things.

I have risked everything to tell the truth. Tell the truth

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, the encountering may be the very experience which creates the vitality and the power to endure.

For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.