More Quotes by Nelson Mandela
My dream would be a multicultural society, one that is diverse and where every man, woman and child are treated equally. I dream of a world where all people of all races work together in harmony.
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.
I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.
Our fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure.
I am the captain of my soul.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation. It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.
You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself.
When we dehumanise and demonise our opponents, we abandon the possibility of peacefully resolving our differences, and seek to justify violence against them.
The time is always right to do right
