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 KYIThere is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
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I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don’t believe in people just hoping.
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I only used a cell phone for the first time after I was released. I had difficulty coping with it because it seemed so small and insubstantial.
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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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Please use your freedom to promote ours.
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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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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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We will surely get to our destination if we join hands.
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Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.
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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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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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There is no hope without endeavor.
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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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Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.
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The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
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