Taking sides cannot bring peace and balance.

I only used a cell phone for the first time after I was released. I had difficulty coping with it because it seemed so small and insubstantial.

How can you call it a sacrifice when you choose to do something because you believe in it?

Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is courage from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions.

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.

In Burma, our main goal in amending the constitution is not to phase out the military from politics. Our main point is to put the constitution in line with international standards and norms.

In general people feel more relaxed about participating in politics. They aren't frightened as they used to be.