Don't matter if you believe in them or not. If they're there, they're there,' Mrs. Phipps said.
And every human being is precious.
Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other.
Africans believe in something that is difficult to render in English. We call it ubuntu, botho. It means the essence of being human. You know when it is there and when it is absent. It speaks about humaneness, gentleness, hospitality, putting yourself out on behalf of others, being vulnerable. It embraces compassion and toughness. It recognizes that my humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.
True peace must be anchored in justice and an unwavering commitment to universal rights for all humans, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, national origin or any other identity attribute.
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
My message to the international community is that our silence and complicity especially on the situation in Gaza shames us all. It is almost like the behaviour of the military junta in Burma
I was very fascinated by the time when firearms went from being fire sticks to being something people could use to hunt and to survive.
I want you to know, that when you are lonely, I will be lonely too.
Jazz is not just 'Well, man, this is what I feel like playing. ' It's a very structured thing that comes down from a tradition and requires a lot of thought and study.
Can there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment.