I think people prefer the good to win, rather than the bad.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIIf 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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It is not enough to sit and hope. You have to work in order to realize your hopes.
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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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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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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear
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I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor.
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Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.
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The relentless attempts of totalitarian regimes to prevent free thought and new ideas and the persistent assertion of their own rightness bring on them an intellectual stasis which they project on to the nation at large.
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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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We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.
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The greatest gift for an individual or a nation… was abhaya, fearlessness, not merely bodily courage but absence of fear from the mind.
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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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If you’re feeling helpless, help someone.
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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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The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all.
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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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