Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors
NELSON MANDELAResentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
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The impression that you are a demigod worried me. I wanted to be like an ordinary human being with virtues and vices.
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Political division, based on color, is entirely artificial; and when it disappears, so will the domination of one color group by another.
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Hope is a powerful weapon, and no one power on earth can deprive you of.
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Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.
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It always seems impossible until it’s done.
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It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it.
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Blaming things on the past does not make them better.
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Take it upon yourself where you live to make people around you joyful and full of hope.
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There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
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If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important – and you do that by being genuine and humble.
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Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
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A leader is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.
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Where you stand depends on where you sit.
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Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.
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