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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIFearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is courage from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions.
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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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I don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
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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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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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We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
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It is not easy for a people conditioned by fear under the iron rule of the principle that might is right to free themselves from the enervating miasma of fear.
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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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Courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions, courage that could be described as ‘grace under pressure’ – grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of harsh, unremitting pressure.
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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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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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You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.
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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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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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