When the Nobel Committee chose to honor me, the road I had chosen of my own free will became a less lonely path to follow.

My attitude to peace is rather based on the Burmese definition of peace - it really means removing all the negative factors that destroy peace in this world. So peace does not mean just putting an end to violence or to war, but to all other factors that threaten peace, such as discrimination, such as inequality, poverty.

Fires of suffering and strife are raging around the world.

Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes