Selected MGD Quotes

"People are aware more clearly today that it's not just a matter of giving money, but it's about empowering people in the pew to lobby their legislators. We're not going to solve global poverty unless the industrialized nations of the world take it seriously and contribute a significant chunk of funds, resources, human capital, to making it possible ... It's about achieving a world where human beings live with dignity, and have what they need to live with dignity."

"Poverty is not natural. It is man made and can be overcome by the actions of human beings."

"At this moment, nothing is more important for healing the world than to link all those who believe that we must set forth a new narrative and create a new world where hope, social justice, peace, and a sense of the sacredness of life prevail. For this, we need to form a critical mass of humanity that influences change at a global scale, to bring together the inner streams of sensitive human beings.

"The driving force is an upwelling from the heart rising from within many, unbeknown to all. I am simply amazed at the way this is all happening, and I feel totally overwhelmed at the heart energies being generated.

"We must reconfirm to ourselves the greatest things in life: tenderness, smiles, the love of a mother for a child, the joy of a couple in love, the reflection in the eyes of the elderly, the beauty of a serene moment. These are expressions of the purest aspects of our spirit, reflections of the oneness that we are. We must go back to being truly human, seeking a pause, for conciliation and compassion.

"We must come together to be the change we want to see in the world, to make a difference to improve our world, and to share the passion for a new humanity."