I think, if you have enough inner resources, then you can live in isolation for long periods of time and not feel diminished by it.

With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.

One prisoner of conscience is one too many.

If suffering were an unavoidable part of our existence, we should try to alleviate it as far as possible in practical, earthly ways.

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

The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all.

So, I think that for the authorities to say now that calling for sanctions will prevent dialogue is a ploy to stop us from supporting sanctions. It has to be the other way around: dialogue first, then we stop our call for sanctions, because sanctions make people understand that you cannot exercise repression and at the same time expect international support.