The impression that you are a demigod worried me. I wanted to be like an ordinary human being with virtues and vices.
NELSON MANDELANothing is black or white.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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Hope is a powerful weapon, and no one power on earth can deprive you of.
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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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I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
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It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it.
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Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
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Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.
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Rhetoric is not important. Actions are.
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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 power on this earth can destroy the thirst for human dignity.
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May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.
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It is not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success.
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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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What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.
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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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Our task is not to liberate the oppressed, but to liberate the oppressors
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