Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

Your own positive future begins in this moment. All you have is right now. Every goal is possible from here.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.

Stop thinking, and end your problems.

What sense is there in continuing when one has seen the future?

There is no such thing as a bad book, I just like some books more than others…

The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social and economic aspirations.

There are some things worth giving up anything for, even your freedom, and getting rid of your period is definitely one of them.

I can see now that I should have been strong enough to conquer myself.

I believe that - if you are serious about a life of writing, or indeed about any creative form of expression - that you should take on this work like a holy calling.

Many an article that I myself penned twenty years ago impresses me now as something quite foreign to myself.

Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.

Love and ahimsa are matchless in their effect.

No revolution is worth anything unless it can defend itself.