The four basic ingredients for success are: you must have the will to want something; you must have the right kind of attitude.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIBy helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.
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By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.
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If you look at the democratic process as a game of chess, there have to be many, many moves before you get to checkmate. And simply because you do not make any checkmate in three moves does not mean it’s stalemate.
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The quintessential revolution is that of the spirit, born of an intellectual conviction of the need for change in those mental attitudes and values which shape the course of a nation’s development.
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I think people prefer the good to win, rather than the bad.
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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
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I don’t like to be called a symbol. And I don’t like to be called an icon. I will just say that I have to work very, very hard. So I’d rather be known as a hard worker. I don’t think symbols do much, nor icons.
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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.
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When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons.
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There’s a vast difference between no checkmate and stalemate. This is what the democratic process is like.
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When I was in London a Kachin youth criticized me for not condemning the Burmese military for their offensive in Kachin State. I answered “condemnation is not the solution.” We want to build reconciliation, not condemnation.
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Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.
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That just laws which uphold human rights are the necessary foundation of peace and security would be denied only by closed minds which interpret peace as the silence of all opposition and security as the assurance of their own power.
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It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.
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I’ve always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others.
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There is nothing to compare with the courage of ordinary people whose names are unknown and whose sacrifices pass unnoticed.
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One should mature over 20 years.
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There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
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If you can make people understand why freedom is so important through the arts, that would be a big help.
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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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There is no hope without endeavor.
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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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To the best of my knowledge, no war was ever started by women. But it is women and children who have always suffered most in situations of conflict.
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A revolution which aims merely at changing official policies and institutions with a view to an improvement in material conditions has little chance of genuine success.
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