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 KyiStichwörter: inspirational books
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 KyiWithin 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 KyiStichwörter: fear freedom civilization self-respect oppression dictatorship human-rights dignity
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 KyiStichwörter: nature
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 KyiStichwörter: politics freedom democracy freedom-of-speech
Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.
Aung San Suu KyiStichwörter: liberty freedom democracy fearless aung-san-suu-kyi
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 KyiStichwörter: democracy
If you're feeling helpless, help someone. ”
― Aung San Suu Kyi (from Freedom from Fear)
Stichwörter: inspirational-quotes
Please use your liberty to promote ours
Aung San Suu KyiThe education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all.
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