The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social and economic aspirations.
Aung San Suu KyiRead
People ask me about what sacrifices I've made. I always answer: I've made no sacrifices, I've made choices.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the distinction between sacrifices and choices in life.
Aung San Suu Kyi highlights the idea that the actions we take in life are often a matter of choice rather than sacrifice. By framing her experiences as choices, she suggests that every decision comes with its own trade-offs but should not be viewed through the lens of loss or giving up something. Instead, embracing choices empowers individuals to take responsibility for their path and the consequences that follow.
In practice
In a motivational speech about decision-making.
The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social and economic aspirations.
This was the way I was brought up to think of politics, that politics was to do with ethics, it was to do with responsibility, it was to do with service, so I think I was conditioned to think like that, and I'm too old to change now.
My top priority is for people to understand that they have the power to change things themselves.
If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise.
Where there is no justice there can be no secure peace.
I felt that it was my duty not to senselessly waste my time. And since I didn't want to waste my time, I tried to accomplish as much as possible.
The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.
Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it
It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down. For the needs of today we have corresponding strength given. For the morrow we are told to trust. It is not ours yet. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.
Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)
I'm for the dreamers. The only really important things in history have been started by the dreamers. They never know what can't be done.
You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.
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