We have to choose between dialogue and utter devastation.

The greatest gift for an individual or a nation... was abhaya, fearlessness, not merely bodily courage but absence of fear from the mind.

The Nobel Peace Prize opened up a door in my heart.

Once serious political dialogue has begun, the international community can assume that we have achieved genuine progress along the road to real democratisation.

The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.

To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others. Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.

I am not unaware of the saying that more tears have been shed over wishes granted than wishes denied.