I do not think that I was brought up in a unique society with unique features about giving.

The truth is that we are not yet free; we have merely achieved the freedom to be free, the right not to be oppressed. We have not taken the final step of our journey, but the first step on a longer and even more difficult road. For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. The true test of our devotion to freedom is just beginning.

The world remains beset by so much human suffering, poverty and deprivation. It is in your hands to make of our world a better one for all, especially the poor, vulnerable and marginalised.

A movement without vision would be a movement without moral foundation.

Some of the mission groups that have been responsible for our education have not been part of the government. In fact, they acted contrary to what the government had planned to do.

The time comes in the life of any nation when there remains only two choices - submit or fight.

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.