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"We need to promote development that does not destroy our environment."
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"The purpose of education should ultimately be the advancement of the species. And for this to actually happen, the world needs the kind of education by means of which character is formed, strength of the mind is increased and the human intellect is expanded beyond its own limits."
"When value systems are embraced by a nation, when the citizens of a country are truly rich in virtues, then material wealth is a matter of time."
"Growth is one of the most natural process of life."
"Develop your intellect and your creative ways of thinking."
"Developing the man within leads to changing a man's value and behavior."
"Sustainable Development is more than meeting the needs of today and the future generations, to my understanding this definition better fits sex industry."
"If a person refuses to develop his potential, it can lead to nervous or mental disorders, somatic diseases and personal degradation."
"There is an hidden energy in a child that works in all areas of growth and development."
"You must live a life of self-consciousness always."
"The years nineteen and twenty are a crucial stage in the maturation of character, and if you allow yourself to become warped when you're that age, it will cause you pain when you're older."
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"There's a general culture in this country to cut all the trees. It makes me so angry because everyone is cutting and no one is planting."
"It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference for Africa."
"It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees."
"In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace."
"Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve."
"African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence."
"It's a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem."
"I am working to make sure we don't only protect the environment, we also improve governance."
"Some say that AIDS came from the monkeys, and I doubt that because we have been living with monkeys from time immemorial, others say it was a curse from God, but I say it cannot be that."
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