Even if you feel fear, you still have to go ahead and do what you believe in.

Early childhood development has proved to be very beneficial and very cost-effective in societies where this is been tried. So let's not confine ourselves to primary education. Let's think of early childhood development and education as a whole.

I've always said that the more coordinated the efforts of the international community are, the better it will be for democracy in Burma.

I don't think you can work on feelings in politics, apart from anything else, political change can come very unexpectedly, sometimes overnight when you least expect it.

When you feel helpless, help someone.

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

I am not unaware of the saying that more tears have been shed over wishes granted than wishes denied.