Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIA 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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I don’t think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I’m just rather flexible and adaptable.
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I think that freedom is sometimes a state of mind. Sometimes, mind you, but not always.
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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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The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.
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In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth women are not merely “tolerated”, they are valued.
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We achieve everything by our efforts alone. Our fate is not decided by an almighty God. We decide our own fate by our actions. You have to gain mystery over yourself. It is not a matter of sitting back and accepting.
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There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
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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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There is nothing to compare with the courage of ordinary people whose names are unknown and whose sacrifices pass unnoticed.
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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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Early childhood development has proved to be very beneficial and very cost-effective in societies where this is been tried. So let’s not confine ourselves to primary education. Let’s think of early childhood development and education as a whole.
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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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You must have perseverance, and then you must have wisdom. Then you combine these four and then you get to where you want to get to.
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People ask me about what sacrifices I’ve made. I always answer: I’ve made no sacrifices, I’ve made choices.
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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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