More Quotes by Nelson Mandela
I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.
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.
Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.
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.
Racism is a blight on the human conscience. The idea that any people can be inferior to another, to the point where those who consider themselves superior define and treat the rest as subhuman, denies the humanity even of those who elevate themselves to the status of gods.
Blaming things on the past does not make them better.
When we dehumanise and demonise our opponents, we abandon the possibility of peacefully resolving our differences, and seek to justify violence against them.
Living isn't just about doing for yourself,but what you do for others as well.
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.
Thinking is one of the most important weapons in dealing with problems
