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Quotes by Nelson Mandela

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. 

Nelson Mandela : South African leader
Nelson Mandela (1918 - )
Source: Daily quotes from The Meditation Society of Australia
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If you talk to [someone] in a language [he or she] understands, that goes to [the person's] head. If you talk to [somebody] in [his or her] language, that goes to [the] heart.

Nelson Mandela : South African leader
Nelson Mandela (1918 - )
 
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When we can sit in the face of insanity or dislikes and be free from the need to make it different, then we are free.

Nelson Mandela : South African leader
Nelson Mandela (1918 - )
 
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But the human body has an enormous capacity for adjusting to trying circumstances. I have found that one can bear the unbearable if one can keep one's spirits strong even when one's body is being tested. Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation; your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty.

Nelson Mandela : South African leader
Nelson Mandela (1918 - )
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I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give up to despair.
That way lay defeat and death.

Nelson Mandela : South African leader
Nelson Mandela (1918 - )
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A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

Nelson Mandela : South African leader
Nelson Mandela (1918 - )
 
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 Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

Nelson Mandela : South African leader
Nelson Mandela (1918 - )
Source: www.emofree.com/Archives/Archive260.htm
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There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

Nelson Mandela : South African leader
Nelson Mandela (1918 - )
Source: A Long Walk to Freedom
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

Nelson Mandela : South African leader
Nelson Mandela (1918 - )
 
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We must use time creatively, and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.

Nelson Mandela : South African leader
Nelson Mandela (1918 - )
Source: see Martin Luther King, Jr.
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