Society

Nobody should ever feel isolated, or like they have nowhere to turn. Whether it's at school, home, or in the workplace. Nobody should ever feel a cultural burden of silence around mental health challenges.

The first and most important part of tackling mental health challenges is to drive cultural change. If you don't change the culture around mental health- people will continue to be stigmatised, people will continue to stay silent, people will not seek the help they need.

It shocks me that our society has not caught up with the fact that mental illnesses should be treated like any other disease, and not relegated to the justice system. We have so many different therapies and medicines, and people can make significant recoveries.

Right now, only 2% of Europeans have studied outside of their home country – I would want to raise that to 45%. The provincialism that reigns in so many countries would be considerably lessened if it was just considered normal that you would spend at least a year in some other country.

Former President of Estonia & Cybersecurity Pioneer

Portugal is generally perceived as a symbol of tolerance, openness to the world and ability to interact with and serve as a bridge to different societies, cultures and religions.

Former Prime Minister of Portugal (2015-2024)

In the advanced countries, it is a very challenging time for people in the middle-income and middle-education range. They are being subjected to greater competition from labour saving technology.

Nobel Prize-winning economist; Stanford provost and NYU president

At the end of this century 40-50 years from now, the proportion of our world's population who live in the developing world will have gone from 15%, 200 years ago, to over 85% – we'll be left with a very different planet.

Nobel Prize-winning economist; Stanford provost and NYU president

I didn't have a childhood- I didn't play- every day was about survival. I was always moving to a different-place on a weekly/monthly basis.

Nobel Prize Winner for Gene Targeting in Mice

All ideas and questions might be very interesting, and children has to experience that their questions are equally valued as those coming from a grown up or a Nobel Prize winner.

Neuroscientist; Nobel Prize for discovering brain's positioning system cells

Bias means your mind, your experiences, and your knowledge is too narrow to take in and truly appreciate the person standing in front of you.

Neuroscientist; Nobel Prize for discovering brain's positioning system cells

I don't think about myself as a woman in these contexts, I think about myself as a human. I feel like role model for all young people who wants to do science – not only girls.

Neuroscientist; Nobel Prize for discovering brain's positioning system cells

At the end of the day, the platforms will complain, but they exist to serve society—society doesn't exist to serve them.

Deputy Prime Minister of the UK (2010-2015) & Liberal Democrat Leader

We live in a very unethical society. We don't teach ethics at home, schools or university. As a consequence most businesses don't have a code of ethics or conduct.

Notorious con artist and impostor who inspired the film "Catch Me If You Can

The vast majority of people- if they can benefit from something or make some money, will look the other way. It's personal greed, without thought about the consequences.

Notorious con artist and impostor who inspired the film "Catch Me If You Can

I want every mother in the world, from Baghdad to New York to be able to guarantee the same strength and health to her child; to give that child the tools to control their happiness and health, and to have the power to live well.

Extreme athlete known for ice exposure & breathing technique methods

Our culture is one of compensation, it's bullshit. We have so many cars, so many houses and so much sex, we lose track of who we are. We need to get back to the core. Through removing stimulation, we've disconnected ourselves from nature, from our innate capacities, and we have to reawaken ourselves.

Extreme athlete known for ice exposure & breathing technique methods