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.
NELSON MANDELANo problem is so deep that it cannot be overcome, given the will of all parties, through discussion and negotiation rather than force and violence.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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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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A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.
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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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The past is a rich resource on which we can draw in order to make decisions for the future, but it does not dictate our choices. We should look back at the past and select what is good, and leave behind what is bad.
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Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors
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I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.
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Where you stand depends on where you sit.
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You mustn’t compromise your principles, but you mustn’t humiliate the opposition. No one is more dangerous than one who is humiliated.
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Nothing is black or white.
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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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I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
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One of the most difficult things is not to change society – but to change yourself.
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Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening.
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As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison.
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It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education.
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