I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don’t believe in people just hoping.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIIf you feel helpless, go help someone.
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Each man has in him the potential to realize the truth through his own will and endeavour and to help others to realize it.
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Democracy, like liberty, justice and other social and political rights, is not “given”, it is earned through courage, resolution and sacrifice.
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I do not believe that I’m sacrificing, in fact I feel very uneasy when others used the word sacrifice to describe my life. It sounds like I’m demanding returns for my investments.
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The search for scapegoats is essentially an abnegation of responsibility: it indicates an inability to assess honestly and intelligently the true nature of the problems which lie at the root of social and economic difficulties and a lack of resolve in grappling with them.
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So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.
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There is no hope without endeavor.
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The greatest gift for an individual or a nation… was abhaya, fearlessness, not merely bodily courage but absence of fear from the mind.
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Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace.
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Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.
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If I advocate cautious optimism it is not because I do not have faith in the future but because I do not want to encourage blind faith.
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We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.
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It is not enough to sit and hope. You have to work in order to realize your hopes.
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Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it.
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It’s good to know that the people of different countries are really concerned and involved in the movement to help Burma.
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Human rights must be protected by the rule of law, and there can never be occasions where human rights can be neglected or ignored or the rule of law set aside.
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The peace of our world is indivisible. As long as negative forces are getting the better of positive forces anywhere, we are all at risk.
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Justice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize.
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I chose to walk on this journey, because I solely believed in it and wholeheartedly decided to do so, and I’m willing and able to pay for the consequences.
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Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
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If you feel helpless, go help someone.
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We achieve everything by our efforts alone. Our fate is not decided by an almighty God. We decide our own fate by our actions. You have to gain mystery over yourself. It is not a matter of sitting back and accepting.
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You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.
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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear
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The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
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The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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I don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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