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.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIIf you’re feeling helpless, help someone.
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The history of the world shows that peoples and societies do not have to pass through a fixed series of stages in the course of development.
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The main aim of the [political] dialogue should be to resolve the problems of the nation, not to find who is the winner and who is the loser.
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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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So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.
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Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.
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I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor.
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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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If you give in to intimidation, you’ll go on being intimidated
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Kindness can change the lives of people.
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The important thing is fear should not control your actions. It should not dictate what you do.
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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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I’ve always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others.
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How can you call it a sacrifice when you choose to do something because you believe in it?
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It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.
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We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up their own country themselves.
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