The people of my country want the two freedoms that spell security: freedom from want and freedom from fear.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIWe 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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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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The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.
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I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race.
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Saints, it has been said, are the sinners who go on trying. So free men and women are the oppressed who go on trying and who in the process make themselves fit to bear the responsibilities and uphold the disciplines which will maintain a free society.
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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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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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I think people prefer the good to win, rather than the bad.
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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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There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.
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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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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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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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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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If 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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We must contemplate what the meaning of being “educated” is. Some people think a person with plenty of degrees is an educated one. But I believe a person who can judge a situation correctly and make timely decisions is more important.
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