Know your enemy – and learn about his favorite sport.
NELSON MANDELAThere can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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Lead from the back – and let others believe they are in front.
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The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.
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It is so easy to break down and destroy. The heroes are those who make peace and build.
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Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual.
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Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.
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There is no future without forgiveness.
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You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.
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Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors
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A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it’s lowest ones.
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Nothing is black or white.
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The time is always right to do right.
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For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
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No problem is so deep that it cannot be overcome, given the will of all parties, through discussion and negotiation rather than force and violence.
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No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion.
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If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
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The day I am afraid to do, that is the day I am no longer fit to lead.
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Honour belongs to those who never forsake the truth even when things seem dark and grim, who try over and over again, who are never discouraged by insults, humiliation and even defeat.
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One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.
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An educated, enlightened & informed population is one of the surest ways of promoting the health of a democracy.
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Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace.
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As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.
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Hope is a powerful weapon, and no one power on earth can deprive you of.
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Fools multiply when wise men are silent.
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I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
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As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
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Information is a basic human right and the fundamental foundation for the formation of democratic institutions.
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