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.

Lasting solutions are always difficult to come to. But they will have to persevere. I've been repeating ad nauseam that we in Burma we are weak with regard to the culture of negotiated compromises, that we have to develop the ability to achieve such compromises.

All right, your knees may be knocking but that shouldn't prevent you from going ahead and doing what you need to do.

The judiciary must be strengthened and released from political interference.

Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.

The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence.

We must contemplate what the meaning of being "educated" is. Some people think a person with plenty of degrees is an educated one. But I believe a person who can judge a situation correctly and make timely decisions is more important.