"Information, education, skills, healthcare, livelihood, financial inclusion, small and village enterprises, opportunities for women, conservation of natural resources, distributed clean energy - entirely new possibilities have emerged to change the development model."

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."

"Rivers know this: There is no hurry. We shall get there someday."

"Elegance is the only beauty that never fades."

"To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment."

"How wonderful, how very wonderful the operations of time, and the changes of the human mind!"