Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes about Passion

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The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all.

The education and empowerment of women throughout the world cannot fail to result in a more caring, tolerant, just and peaceful life for all.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Education, Peace, Passion

Opening Keynote Address at NGO Forum on Women in Beijing, China, August 31, 1995.

I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Military, Fall, Passion

"Freed Myanmar Activist: Fight For Human Rights Continues". Interview with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. November 15, 2010.

The act of willingly subtracting from one's own limited store of the good and the agreeable for the sake of adding to that of others reflects the understanding that individual happiness needs a base broader than the mere satisfaction of selfish passions. From there, it is not such a large step to the realization that respecting the susceptibilities and rights of others is as important as defending one's own susceptibilities and rights if civilized society is to be safeguarded.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Selfish, Passion, Individual Happiness

Aung San Suu Kyi, University of Oxford. Refugee Studies Programme (1993). “Towards a true refuge”