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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIThe 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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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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Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
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If you’re feeling helpless, help someone.
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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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Every kindness I received, small or big, convinced me that there could never be enough of it in our world…
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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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Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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How could I stand the separation from family and friends? It is ironic, I say, that in an authoritarian state it is only the prisoner of conscience who is genuinely free. Yes, we have given up our right to a normal life. But we have stayed true to that most precious part of our humanity-our conscience.
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Please use your freedom to promote ours.
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All right, your knees may be knocking but that shouldn’t prevent you from going ahead and doing what you need to do.
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Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.
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There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
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Jobless people will have no self-confidence. And they feel they are worthless because when you don’t have a job you have to rely on someone.
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Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.
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My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.
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