Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is courage from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions.
AUNG SAN SUU KYISometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.
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I think that freedom is sometimes a state of mind. Sometimes, mind you, but not always.
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I don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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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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It is not power that corrupts but fear.
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The people have to take part. They have to understand that they have the power to move things, and they must really commit themselves to change if they want it.
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The four basic ingredients for success are: you must have the will to want something; you must have the right kind of attitude.
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If you feel helpless, go help someone.
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To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others.
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By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.
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If you give in to intimidation, you’ll go on being intimidated
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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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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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It is not a sacrifice, it’s a choice. If you choose to do something, then you shouldn’t say it’s a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it
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Intimidation and propaganda work in a duet of oppression, while the people, lapped in fear and distrust, learn to dissemble and to keep silent.
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