Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.

I think that freedom is sometimes a state of mind. Sometimes, mind you, but not always.

The important thing is Burma needs to end the civil war and for this to happen both sides must want to end the war.

After I was released, people used to keep asking me, 'what's it like to be free? And it was very difficult for me to answer. I'd always felt free. As far as my state of mind was concerned, I didn't feel any different...People ask me about what sacrifices I've made. I always answer: I've made no sacrifices, I've made choices.

If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise. If either or both sides insist on getting everything that they want - that is to say 100 percent of their demands to be met, then there can never be a settlement.

Religion is about increasing peace and harmony in the world. ... People of all different religions should be given the opportunity to pursue good in their own way.

Maybe it is something to do with age, but I have become fonder of poetry than of prose.