QUOTES

In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued." ~Aung San Suu Kyi It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it. ~Aung San Suu Kyi, Freedom from Fear If you're feeling helpless, help someone. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

You should never let your fears prevent you from doing what you know is right. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi Within a system which denies the existence of basic human rights, fear tends to be the order of the day. Fear of imprisonment, fear of torture, fear of death, fear of losing friends, family, property or means of livelihood, fear of poverty, fear of isolation, fear of failure. A most insidious form of fear is that which masquerades as common sense or even wisdom, condemning as foolish, reckless, insignificant or futile the small, daily acts of courage which help to preserve man's self-respect and inherent human dignity. It is not easy for a people conditioned by fear under the iron rule of the principle that might is right to free themselves from the enervating miasma of fear. Yet even under the most crushing state machinery courage rises up again and again, for fear is not the natural state of civilized man. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi, Freedom from Fear To view the opposition as dangerous is to misunderstand the basic concepts of democracy. To oppress the opposition is to assault the very foundation of

democracy. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi, Letters from Burma Fear is a habit; I am not afraid. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want. ~Aung San Suu Kyi We will surely get to our destination if we join hands. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

I don't believe in people just hoping. We work for what we want. I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavour, so we work to try and bring about the situation that is necessary for the country, and we are confident that we will get to the negotiation table at one time or another. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi Please use your liberty to promote ours ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

The search for scapegoats is essentially an abnegation of responsibility: it indicates an inability to assess honestly and intelligently the true nature of the problems which lie at the root of social and economic difficulties and a lack of resolve in grappling with

them. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi, Freedom from Fear 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. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi, Letters from Burma

Saints, it has been said, are the sinners who go on trying. So free men and women are the oppressed who go on trying and who in the process make themselves fit to bear the responsibilities and uphold the disciplines which will maintain a free society. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi

Some of the most relaxing weekends I have ever enjoyed were those I spent quietly with a sense of all work to date completed, and an absorbing mystery. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi, Letters from Burma

If ideas and beliefs are to be denied validity outside the geographical and cultural bounds of their origin, Buddhism would be confined to north India, Christianity to a narrow tract in the Middle East and Islam to Arabia. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi, Freedom from Fear

My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all. ~ Aung San Suu Kyi