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“Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps the more precious thing is the courage acquired through endeavor, courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one's actions, courage that could be described as 'grace under pressure'- grace which is renewed repeatedly in the face of harsh, unremitting pressure.”
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“If you're feeling helpless, help someone. ”
― Aung San Suu Kyi (from Freedom from Fear)”
― Freedom from Fear
― Aung San Suu Kyi (from Freedom from Fear)”
― Freedom from Fear
“Government leaders are amazing. So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.”
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“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.”
― Freedom from Fear
― Freedom from Fear
“In one of her letters she writes: Some have questioned the appropriateness of talking about such matters as metta (loving-kindness) and thissa (truth) in the political context. But politics is about people and what we had seen … proved that love and truth can move people more strongly than any form of coercion.”
― Letters From Burma
― Letters From Burma
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