An individual poor person is an isolated island by himself and herself. IT can end that isolation overnight.

Women have plans for themselves, for their children, about their home, the meals. They have a Vision. A man wants to enjoy himself.

A culture that holds people back should and can be changed.

The Grameen Bank Ordinance with amendments up to 2008 is a beautiful legal structure for the fulfillment of the ideals and objectives of the bank. Any change in this structure will be devastating for the bank.

Like navigation markings in unknown waters, definitions of poverty need to be distinctive and unambiguous. A definition that is not precise is as bad as no definition at all.

Making money is no fun. Contributing to and changing the world is a lot more fun.

This is not charity. This is business: business with a social objective, which is to help people get out of poverty.