My son - and what's a song? A thing begot within a pair of minutes, thereabout, a lump bred up in darkness.

Oh eyes, no eyes, but fountains fraught with tears; O life, no life, but lively form of death; Oh world, no world, but mass of public wrongs.

I think, if you have enough inner resources, then you can live in isolation for long periods of time and not feel diminished by it.

I don't think you can work on feelings in politics, apart from anything else, political change can come very unexpectedly, sometimes overnight when you least expect it.

I am prepared to talk with anyone. I have no personal grudge toward anybody.

Every government must consider the security of the country. That is just part of the responsibilities of any government. But true security can only come out of unity within a country where there are so many ethnic nationalities.

No, I was never afraid.

A family is very special. So when a family splits up, it's not good, it's never good.

Books always help.

Fundamental violations of human rights always lead to people feeling less and less human.

I do protect human rights, and I hope I shall always be looked up as a champion of human rights.

If you can make people understand why freedom is so important through the arts, that would be a big help.

The judiciary must be strengthened and released from political interference.

What I have experienced is nothing compared to what political prisoners in prisons suffer.

All military regimes use security as the reason why they should remain in power. It's nothing original.

As long as there is no law in Burma, any individual here can be arrested at any time.

At this age, I should be leading a quiet life.

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

Fires of suffering and strife are raging around the world.

Frankly, if you do politics, you should not be thinking about your dignity.