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.
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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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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Yet even under the most crushing state machinery courage rises up again and again, for fear is not the natural state of civilized man.
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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 more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour.
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Fear is a habit; I am not afraid.
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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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As I travel through my country, people often ask me how it feels to have been imprisoned in my home -first for six years, then for 19 months.
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Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.
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If you want democracy, you have got to be prepared to accept the responsibilities of democracy.
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Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism.
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Without a revolution of the spirit, the forces which produced the iniquities of the old order would continue to be operative, posing a constant threat to the process of reform and regeneration.
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Sometimes, 24 hours can bring a total revolutionary change.
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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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A revolution which aims merely at changing official policies and institutions with a view to an improvement in material conditions has little chance of genuine success.
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Courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions, courage that could be described as ‘grace under pressure’ – grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of harsh, unremitting pressure.
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