I don't believe in people just hoping. We work for what we want. I always say that one has no right to hope without endeavor, so we work to try and b… - Aung San Suu Kyi

Satu-satunya penjara nyata adalah ketakutan, dan satu-satunya kebebasan nyata adalah kebebasan dari rasa takut

The Buddhist PAVARANA ceremony at the end of the rainy season retreat was instituted by the Lord Buddha, who did not want human beings to live in silence "like dumb animals." This ceremony, during which monks ask mutual forgiveness for any offence given during the retreat, can be said to be a council of truth and reconciliation. It might also be considered a forerunner of that most democratic of institutions, the parliament, a meeting of peoples gathered together to talk over their shared problems. All the world's great religions are dedicated to the generation of happiness and harmony. This demonstrates the fact that together with the combative instincts of man there co-exists a spiritual aspiration for mutual understanding and peace.

But even amid such stirring events, those two scourges of Burmese politics, factionalism and jealousy, began to cast their shadow.