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

It is not a sacrifice, it's a choice. If you choose to do something, then you shouldn't say it's a sacrifice, because nobody forced you to do it

It is the love of ordinary people, in Burma, in Japan or anywhere else in the world, for justice and peace and freedom that is our surest defense against the forces of unreason and extremism.

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 was heartened that people everywhere want certain basic freedoms, even if they live in a totally different cultural environment.

Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.

I do not hold to non-violence for moral reasons, but for political and practical reasons.