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 KYIWhen 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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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 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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Human rights must be protected by the rule of law, and there can never be occasions where human rights can be neglected or ignored or the rule of law set aside.
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Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it.
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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’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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There is no hope without endeavor.
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If you are feeling helpless, help someone.
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The search for scapegoats is essentially an abnegation of responsibility: it indicates an inability to assess honestly and intelligently the true nature of the problems which lie at the root of social and economic difficulties and a lack of resolve in grappling with them.
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Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.
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Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.
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If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
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If you give in to intimidation, you’ll go on being intimidated
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You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.
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We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
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There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
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I don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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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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To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others.
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As I travel through my country, people often ask me how it feels to have been imprisoned in my home -first for six years, then for 19 months.
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It is not power that corrupts but fear.
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Human beings the world over need freedom and security that they may be able to realize their full potential.
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With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.
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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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By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.
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