If The Knowledge Of Torture Of Others

When The Nobel Award Came My Way, It Also Gave Me An Opportunity To Do Something Immediate And Practical About My Old Obsessions, Including Literacy, Basic Health Care And Gender Equity, Aimed Specifically At India And Bangladesh.

One Has To Bring The Multidimensional Impact That Schooling Makes In The Lives Of People. There's Nothing Like It, And I Think The Importance Of It Has To Be Shaken Into People's Understanding And Determination.

After All, The American Society Has Been Also Based On The Premise Of Expanding Education Very Early. That's Been [one] Of The Main Sources Of Success Of The Americans. And There Is Something That The World Can Learn From It And Also Be Assisted By The United States Along With Europe And The Rest Of The World. I Really Hope That This Is An Issue That Engages The American Public.

I Think East Asian Countries, I Think They're Very Fortunate To Have Buddhism Survive As A Strong Influence Because Right From The Time When Buddha Himself, 2,500 Years Ago, Made The Point About The Importance Of Education, And The Word "buddha" Also Means Enlighten[ed] Or Educated. So All The Buddhist Countries, Not Only Japan And Korea And China And Hong Kong And Thailand But Also Even Burma And Sri Lanka, Had A Higher Level Of Education.

Hardly Any Famine Affects More Than 5 Percent, Almost Never More Than 10 Percent, Of The Population. The Largest Proportion Of A Population Affected Was The Irish Famine Of The 1840s, Which Came Close To 10 Percent Over A Number Of Years.