This was the way I was brought up to think of politics, that politics was to do with ethics, it was to do with responsibility, it was to do with service, so I think I was conditioned to think like that, and I'm too old to change now.

I think sometimes if you are alone, you are freer because your time is your own.

I think when the people in Burma stop thinking about whether or not they're free, it'll mean that they're free.

A revolution simply means great change, significant change, and that's how I'm defining it - great change for the better, brought about through non-violent means.

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.

My opinion is the greatest reward that any government could get is the approval of the people. If the people are happy and the people are at peace and the government has done something for them, that's the greatest reward I think any government could hope for.