The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
—Aung San Suu Kyi
Topics: Activism
The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot ail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all.
—Aung San Suu Kyi
Topics: Women
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 Kyi
Topics: Aspirations
At the root of human responsibility is the concept of perfect, the urge to achieve it, the intelligence to find a path towards it, and the will to follow that path, if not to the end at least the distance needed to rise above individual limitations and environmental impediments.
—Aung San Suu Kyi
Topics: Perfectionism, Responsibility
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