Kindness can change the lives of people.

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

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.

We're nowhere near democracy. I've been released, that's all.

Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.

I'm not the only one working for democracy in Burma - there are so many people who have worked for it because they believe that this is the only way we can maintain the dignity of our people.

Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.