Helene Quotes

“Exhaustion is temporary. Pain is temporary. But Helene dying because I didn't find a way to get her back on time—that's permanent.”

“After all, the ultimate goal of all research is not objectivity, but truth.”

“The embattled gates to equal rights indeed opened up for modern women, but I sometimes think to myself; that is not what I meant by freedom, it is only social progress.”

“You fool, Helene. When you love, there is always more pain.”

“Carter and Helene still ask questions. I used to ask questions, and I got the answer: nothing. The answer is “nothing.”

“Real, sustainable community change requires the initiative and engagement of community members.”

“At CARE, a leading humanitarian organization, we recognize people live their lives in a holistic manner. Issues such as health care, education and economic empowerment cannot be addressed in a vacuum. Thus, effective programs need to tackle the multiple root causes of poverty.”

“There is no doubt that a woman's economic empowerment is very much interconnected to her health and the well being of her children.”

“The more you look into health and health inequalities, you realize that a lot of it is not due to a particular disease - it's really linked to underlying societal issues such as poverty, inequity, lack of access to safe drinking water and housing. And these are all the things we focus on at CARE.”

“Sometimes you have to go to the bottom in order to start at the Top.”