It’s good to know that the people of different countries are really concerned and involved in the movement to help Burma.
AUNG SAN SUU KYIYet 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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It is not enough to sit and hope. You have to work in order to realize your hopes.
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Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.
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Since we live in this world, we have to do our best for this world.
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The peace of our world is indivisible. As long as negative forces are getting the better of positive forces anywhere, we are all at risk.
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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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I think in some ways it’s better to have the people of the world on your side than the governments of the world, even if governments can be more effective in certain directions.
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How could I stand the separation from family and friends? It is ironic, I say, that in an authoritarian state it is only the prisoner of conscience who is genuinely free. Yes, we have given up our right to a normal life. But we have stayed true to that most precious part of our humanity-our conscience.
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We 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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The good ruler sublimates his needs as an individual to the service of the nation.
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My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace – it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world.
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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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It would be difficult to dispel ignorance unless there is freedom to pursue the truth unfettered by fear.
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I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.
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Fear is not the natural state of civilized people.
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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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