Once people see that you improve you life if you are educated, then education becomes a valuable tool and people want it.

What people see as fearlessness is really persistence. Because I am focused on the solution, I don't see the danger.

Passion begins with a burden and a split-second moment, when you understand something like never before. That burden is on those who know. Those who don't know are at peace. Those of us who do know get disturbed and are forced to take action.

You can't reduce poverty in a vacuum. You are doing it in an environment.

Sometimes when I talk to little children I remind them of the fact that when I was growing up myself, I used to play with frog eggs and tadpoles and I used to walk in the field, I used to literally copy whatever my mother was doing on the land. And that may be the reason why I eventually developed the passion for green and for the Earth. So it is extremely important for adults and especially those who are in charge of cities to make sure that we do not lose touch with the land and with the environment. And especially our children.

Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven't done a thing. You are just talking.

If you make mistakes that is alright because we all make mistakes and we learn from those mistakes. You gain confidence from learning, failing and rising again.