We work with the people not out of pity but out of respect for their potential for growth and development, both as individuals and as communities.

When we have a new heart, we become new people, and then we have a new society, then we have a new nation.

A worker in the rural reconstruction must have: The body of an athlete The attitude of a teacher The mind of a scientist The heart of a missionary The spirit of a crusader.

I must dedicate my life to teaching my people, for only education would make their lot less bitter, their latent power more strong.

Relief has its place. But what the people need is not relief, but release - release of their own potential for development.

We work with the people not out of pity but out of respect for their potential for growth and development, both as individuals and as communities.

Technical know-how of the experts must be transformed into practical do-how of the people.