Civilization has given us enormous successes going to the moon, technology. But then this is the civilization that took us to debt, environmental crisis, every single crisis. We need a civilization where we say goodbye to these things. ...
I said peace is sometimes narrowly interpreted; it s the absence of conflict between nations or something. But peace is more inherent, more basic to human life, human beings, what we feel about each other, what we feel about life around us and what we see in our......
There are cultural issues everywhere - in Bangladesh, Latin America, Africa, wherever you go. But somehow when we talk about cultural differences, we magnify those differences. ...
Peace should be understood in a human way - in a broad social, political and economic way. Peace is threatened by unjust economic, social and political order, absence of democracy, environmental degradation and absence of human rights. ...
I believe terrorism cannot be won over by military action. Terrorism must be condemned in the strongest language. We must stand solidly against it, and find all the means to end it. We must address the root causes of terrorism to end it for all time to come.......
Now is the time for bold and creative thinking - and we need to move fast, because the world is changing fast. ...
What we need is to think strategically about development, analyzing a country s potential role in its region and the world in search of opportunities for growth. Platforms like the Global Social Business Summit can facilitate the process on bringing about change. ...
I believe that the emphasis on curbing population growth diverts attention from the more vital issue of pursuing policies that allow the population to take care of itself. ...
We always think of global problems, and we get stuck. It rsquo;s overwhelming. So this is the way to proceed. Solve one person rsquo;s problem, then five people rsquo;s problem. ...
The Fall of the Berlin Wall was a very powerful symbol of making possible something that was once considered impossible. - The celebration is about imagining what other walls need to come down in the world, whether it rsquo;s the wall of poverty or of unemployment, and...
