I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There is little favorable to be said about poverty, but it was often an incubator of true friendship. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There is nothing more important in life than giving. Tolerance is forged when people look beyond their own desires — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We can build a society grounded on friendship and our common humanity - a society founded on tolerance. That is the only… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Justice and I became friends, though we were opposites in many ways - he was extroverted, I was introverted; he was lighthearted,… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“But I had little knowledge of Marxism, and in political discussions with my communist friends I found myself handicapped by my ignorance… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
You sharpen your ideas by reducing yourself to the level of the people you are with and a sense of humour and… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
As the years progress one increasingly realises the importance of friendship and human solidarity. And if a 90-year-old may offer some unsolicited… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
There is little favorable to be said about poverty, but it was often an incubator of true friendship. Many people will appear… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We must work together to ensure the equitable distribution of wealth, opportunity and power in our society. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Especially for those of us who lived in single cells, you had the time to sit down and think, and we discovered that sitting… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
If you don't allow people to contribute, to offer their point of view, or to criticize what has been put before them, then they… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
As a leader... I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Some of the mission groups that have been responsible for our education have not been part of the government. In fact, they acted contrary… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
What he means by this is that instead of saying you'll "try", you need to "do". And as we let our light shine, we… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
We need to exert ourselves that much more, and break out of the vicious cycle of dependence imposed on us by the financially powerful:… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“Prison is a still point in a turning world, and it is very easy to remain in the same place in jail while the… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
