Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up.

Burmese political culture lacks an understanding of negotiated compromise. We have to build up that kind of culture.

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.

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

Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.

Where there is no justice there can be no secure peace.

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.