Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma’s 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner, is featured in The Philosopher’s Table in my chapter entitled “Persistence and Grace.” Among the quotes from Suu Kyi that I reference: “I don’t give up trying to be a better person…a battle that will go on my whole life.” “In my life I have been showered with kindness…more than love, I value kindness.”
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Abraham Lincoln: “We must rise—with the occasion. As our case is new, some must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.”