A most insidious form of fear is that which masquerades as common sense or even wisdom, condemning as foolish, reckless, insignificant or futile the small, daily acts of courage which help to preserve man's self-respect and inherent human dignity.

Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.

Young people drift away from society because, in many cases, they have no hope or goals. So, hope will have to be given to the young.

I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.

The quintessential revolution is that of spirit. Without this, the forces which produce the inequalities of the old order will continue to operate.

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. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.

There is nothing to be gained by being unnecessarily nasty. Violence begets violence.