With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly.

There is a special charm to journeys undertaken before daybreak in hot lands: the air is soft and cool and the coming of dawn reveals a landscape fresh from the night dew.

Fires of suffering and strife are raging around the world.

Peace, development, and justice are all connected to each other. We cannot talk about economic development without talking about peace. How can we expect economic development in a battlefield?

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.

In politics, you also have to be cautiously optimistic.

It is his capacity for self-improvement and self-redemption which most distinguishes man from the mere brute.