Sometimes I didn't even have enough money to eat. I became so weak from malnourishment that my hair fell out, and I couldn't get out of bed.

Taking sides cannot bring peace and balance.

I do not look upon my life as a sacrifice at all.

It's good to know that the people of different countries are really concerned and involved in the movement to help Burma. I think in some ways it's better to have the people of the world on your side than the governments of the world, even if governments can be more effective in certain directions.

We cannot be caught in the bond of suspicion. We have to carry out what we should be doing with a firm determination.

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

Unless there is free and fair competition, there can't be healthy economic development. And what we have in Burma now is not an open-market economy that allows free and fair competition, but a form of colonialism makes a few people very, very wealthy. It's what you would crony capitalism.