Humor is one of the best ingredients of survival.

What I have experienced is nothing compared to what political prisoners in prisons suffer.

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

By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves.

I've always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others.

In Burma, we need to improve education in the country - not only primary education, but secondary and tertiary education. Our education system is very very bad. But, of course, if you look at primary education, we have to think in terms of early childhood development that's going back to before the child is born - making sure the mother is well nourished and the child is properly nurtured.

Justice is a dream. But it is a dream that we are determined to realize.