It enables me to go to bed with an enriching feeling in my soul and the belief that I am changing myself.

I could not imagine that the future I was walking toward could compare in any way to the past that I was leaving behind.

The most difficult matter is not so much to change the world as yourself.

It is always impossible until it is done.

Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice... Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom.

A new society cannot be created by reproducing the repugnant past, however refined or enticingly repackaged.

AIDS today in Africa is claiming more lives than the sum total of all wars, famines and floods and the ravages of such deadly diseases as malaria ... We must act now for the sake of the world.