Human beings want to be free and however long they may agree to stay locked up, to stay oppressed, there will come a time when they say 'That's it.' ….

I think by now I have made it fairly clear that I am not very happy with the word hope. I don't believe in people just hoping. We work for what we wa….

Fearlessness may be a gift, but perhaps most precious is courage from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions..

The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.

Democracy, like liberty, justice and other social and political rights, is not "given", it is earned through courage, resolution and sacrifice..

A more significant phase should mean serious political dialogue..

I've always thought that the best solution for those who feel helpless is for them to help others..

Each man has in him the potential to realize the truth through his own will and endeavour and to help others to realize it..

We want to empower our people; we want to strengthen them; we want to provide them with the kind of qualifications that will enable them to build up ….

I think, if you have enough inner resources, then you can live in isolation for long periods of time and not feel diminished by it..

By helping others, you will learn how to help yourselves..

People should be concerned about installing a more sensible, responsible government. What we [the burmese] need is a government that is accountable a….

Despotic governments do not recognize the precious human component of the state, seeing its citizens only as a faceless, mindless -- and helpless -- ….

I still oppose "Visit Myanmar Year," and I would ask tourists to stay away. Burma is not going to run away. They should come back to Burma at a time ….

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 miasm….

Because of rampant inflation, living standards have been dropping for the great majority of the population. The people are poorer because standards o….

I was speaking to a writer the other day and he gave me a valuable piece of advice. He said that you may get to where you want to go quicker through ….

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 myster….

In Burma, we have only about four percent of the people in our country who are (college) graduates. So can we not value the majority? No, we must. If….

You have a great many things to do when you are under house arrest. On the one hand, it is more comfortable than sitting in prison; on the other hand….

The Nobel Peace Prize opened up a door in my heart..