The suffering inflicted, and more often than not on the most vulnerable sectors of society, demeans all of us as humanity. That it is invariably women, children, the aged and disabled who suffer in these conflicts stands to the added shame of humankind.

A society that does not value its older people denies its roots and endangers its future. Let us strive to enhance their capacity to support themselves for as long as possible and, when they cannot do so anymore, to care for them.

I love playing and chatting with children...feed ing and putting them to bed with a little story, and being away from the family has troubled me throughout my...life.

The habit of attending to small things and of appreciating small courtesies is one of the important marks of a good person.

The truth is we are not yet free; we have merely achieved the freedom to be free.

Therefore, we must not look at the African people, even before they met whites, as if they had something unique, which was not to be found in other societies.

A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of.