We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIFundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.
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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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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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When you decide to follow a certain path, you should follow it to the end and not be diverted from it for personal reasons.
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Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.
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If you are feeling helpless, help someone.
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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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To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others.
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With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.
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When I was in London a Kachin youth criticized me for not condemning the Burmese military for their offensive in Kachin State. I answered “condemnation is not the solution.” We want to build reconciliation, not condemnation.
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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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Please use your freedom to promote ours.
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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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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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I chose to walk on this journey, because I solely believed in it and wholeheartedly decided to do so, and I’m willing and able to pay for the consequences.
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