Quotes from Aung San Suu Kyi

One should mature over 20 years.

Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it.

Suffering degrades, embitters and enrages.

If you're feeling helpless, help someone.

War is not the only arena where peace is done to death.

Democracy is when the people keep a government in check.

Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.

Whatever help we may want from the international community now or in the future, we want to make sure that this help is tailored to help our people to help themselves.

To be kind is to respond with sensitivity and human warmth to the hopes and needs of others. Even the briefest touch of kindness can lighten a heavy heart. Kindness can change the lives of people.

I learned to work on a computer years before I was placed under house arrest. Fortunately I had two laptops when I was under house arrest - one an Apple and one a different operating system. I was very proud of that because I know how to use both systems.

I don't want to be president, but I want to be free to decide whether or not I want to be president of this country.

Even one voice can be heard loudly all over the world in this day and age.