The greatest gift for an individual or a nation… was abhaya, fearlessness, not merely bodily courage but absence of fear from the mind.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIIt 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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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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The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear
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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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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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To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others.
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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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Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.
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Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.
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You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right.
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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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Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.
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There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
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The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same.
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Each man has in him the potential to realize the truth through his own will and endeavour and to help others to realize it.
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Fearlessness 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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