"Passion translates as suffering and I would contend that in the political context, as in the religious one, it implies suffering by choice: a deliberate decision to grasp the cup that we would rather let pass. It is not a decision made lightly -- we do not enjoy suffering; we are not masochists. It is because of the high value we put on the object of our passion that we are able, sometimes in spite of ourselves, to choose suffering." --Aung San Suu Kyi, the Heroine of Myanmar (Burma) and Noble Peace Prize Winner
Thinking about ethics and current events (Began 1 April 2008)
Monday, August 6, 2012
Quote of the Week - Aung San Suu Kyi
"Passion translates as suffering and I would contend that in the political context, as in the religious one, it implies suffering by choice: a deliberate decision to grasp the cup that we would rather let pass. It is not a decision made lightly -- we do not enjoy suffering; we are not masochists. It is because of the high value we put on the object of our passion that we are able, sometimes in spite of ourselves, to choose suffering." --Aung San Suu Kyi, the Heroine of Myanmar (Burma) and Noble Peace Prize Winner
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Passion often results in suffering, because achieving our passion-related objectives tends to transcend the suffering that will accompany this process.
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