I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don't believe in people just hoping.

I do not believe that I'm sacrificing, in fact I feel very uneasy when others used the word sacrifice to describe my life. It sounds like I'm demanding returns for my investments. I chose to walk on this journey, because I solely believed in it and wholeheartedly decided to do so, and I'm willing and able to pay for the consequences.

Jobless people will have no self-confidence. And they feel they are worthless because when you don't have a job you have to rely on someone.

To be forgotten, is to die a little.

The judiciary in Burma is not independent. It's widely known, everybody knows that.

If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise.

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.