The [Burmese] government appears to be more interested in stamping out political activity than drug addiction. Very few university students on the campus could get away with engaging in political activities, but they seem to be able to get away with taking drugs. We have heard that it is very easy to obtain drugs on the university campuses.

One person alone can't do anything as important as bringing genuine democracy to a country.

I've always been strongly on the side of non-violence. Also, I think that if you use the wrong means, the ends themselves get distorted.

I don't believe in professional dissidents. I think it's just a phase, like adolescence.

When you think of Buddhism, you're likely to think of peace and tranquility.

I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor.

Calamities that are not the result of purely natural phenomena usually have their origins, distant and obscure though they may be, in common human failings.