Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIThere is no hope without endeavor.
More Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes
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You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.
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Every kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in our world…
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Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
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The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all.
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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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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 will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
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I think that freedom is sometimes a state of mind. Sometimes, mind you, but not always.
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The courage that dares without recognition, without the protection of media attention, is a courage that humbles and inspires and reaffirms our faith in humanity.
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Regimented minds cannot grasp the concept of confrontation as an open exchange of major differences with a view to settlement through genuine dialogue.
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More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they’ve got to go about it themselves – they can’t depend on a particular person, ie me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what’s going on all over the world.
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I don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.
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Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.
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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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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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Please use your freedom to promote ours.
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Without a revolution of the spirit, the forces which produced the iniquities of the old order would continue to be operative, posing a constant threat to the process of reform and regeneration.
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Some of the most relaxing weekends I have ever enjoyed were those I spent quietly with a sense of all work to date completed, and an absorbing mystery.
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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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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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Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
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Saints, it has been said, are the sinners who go on trying. So free men and women are the oppressed who go on trying and who in the process make themselves fit to bear the responsibilities and uphold the disciplines which will maintain a free society.
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You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.
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I think in some ways it’s better to have the people of the world on your side than the governments of the world, even if governments can be more effective in certain directions.
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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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