But if the world measures a refugee according to the worst…

“Seeds of destruction take root in the human heart, and even among those who long for peace, they call to our darker instincts and…

— Victoria Armour-Hileman

“When we say, “May I have happiness,” or, “May I be free of suffering,” or, “May any individual have happiness and be free of…

— Pema Chödrön

My message to the international community is that our silence and complicity especially on the situation in Gaza shames us all. It is almost…

— Desmond Tutu

Lasting solutions are always difficult to come to. But they will have to persevere. I've been repeating ad nauseam that we in Burma we…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Tightly embracing guitar effects and tape loops, Mission of Burma made sound an important commodity in rock 'n' roll, and its members carried that…

— Anthony Fantano

The terms of the 2008 constitution [which ensures the military will continue to be the ultimate authority] could not benefit Burma in the long…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

There are no Rohingya among the races [in Burma]. We only have Bengalis who were brought for farming [during British rule].

— Thein Sein

By turns sad and uplifting, Life in the Valley of Death tells the amazing tale of Alan Rabinowitz's courageous and spirited efforts to protect…

— Thant Myint-U

Clearly, the Global Economy isn't working for workers in China and Indonesia and Burma any more than it is for workers here in the…

— John Sweeney

We have been making constant efforts, all the time, to start dialogue with the SLORC, but you know it takes two. We don't want…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

What we are lacking in Burma is an independence effective judiciary, and unless we have all three of the democratic institutions - strong and…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

I turned into a monk when my mother went to learn Buddhism in Burma. While she learnt at the monastery, I used to roam…

— Kabir Bedi

Everyone's a singer now, thanks to karaoke, for better and for much worse. But the live band is now becoming ancient history in Thailand,…

— Alan Bishop

The best way to help Burma is to empower the people of Burma, to help us have enough self-confidence to obtain what we want…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Burma - and let me be clear, it's also known as Myanmar - and the reason a lot of Burmese and Burmese exiles call…

— Alex Wagner