Traditional charity and aid are never going to solve the problems of poverty..

Four billion people on Earth make less than four dollars a day..

People really don't want handouts, that they want to make their own decisions..

What we call people so often distances us from them, and makes them little..

Things are always harder than you think they're going to be..

I've heard it said that the most dangerous animal on the planet is the adolescent male..

I finally understood: In order to contribute to Africa, I would have to know myself better and be clearer about my goals. I would have to be ready to….

Philanthropy is no longer about writing a check for $10,000 to the opera..

People need to believe that they can participate fully in the decisions that affect their lives and have a stake in the societies in which they live.

The best change that comes to the world is when all parties are seeing each other as equal, and all parties have the opportunity to be transformed. T….

Dignity is more important than wealth..

Freedom ultimately is dignity. And dignity, not income, is the opposite of poverty..

We have to remember that the girls and the women are most isolated and violated and victimized and made invisible in those very societies where our m….

The older I get, the more determined I feel to do whatever I can to help release that human potential somehow. Not in a fluffy way nor in a hardcore ….

I wrote 'The Blue Sweater' to inspire more people to become engaged in working to solve the problems of global poverty..

In today's world, the elites are growing even more comfortable with one another across national lines, yet at the same time, less comfortable with lo….

Just start Don't wait for perfection. Just start and let the work teach you..

The time for us to begin innovating and looking for new solutions is now..

There are probably no more market-oriented individuals on the planet, than low income people..

What is the cost of not daring? What is the cost of not trying?.

Our lives are so short. And our time on this planet is so precious. All we have is each other..