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Mandela rose above the atrocities that had once embittered him, developing a formidable spirit that advanced the lives of millions of South Africans and became one of the greatest humanitarians of our time.
Mary Morrissey • Brave Thinking: The Art and Science of Creating a Life You Love
In prison, Mandela spent his few free hours educating himself. He created a kind of university, and he and his fellow prisoners were professors to each other. He survived the loneliness of constant confinement by reading; he especially loved Tolstoy.
Andre Agassi • Open
I learned that to humiliate another person is to make him suffer an unnecessarily cruel fate. Even as a boy, I defeated my opponents without dishonouring them.
Nelson Mandela • Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
The world watched with expectation when Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first democratically elected president of South Africa on May 10, 1994.
John M. Perkins • One Blood: Parting Words to the Church on Race and Love
Nelson Mandela (un talento del cross country en su época universitaria que, incluso estando en prisión, continuó corriendo sin moverse del sitio seis millas al día en su celda)?
Christopher McDougall • Nacidos para Correr: Una tribu oculta, superatletas y la carrera mas grande que el mundo nunca ha visto (Spanish Edition)

Change when it arrived did so quickly and, for the most part, peacefully. Historical precedents would have predicted a violent transition. It was avoided in this instance, however, due to the leadership of two remarkable individuals. One, Nelson Mandela, an anti-apartheid activist, had been a political prisoner for twenty-seven years, eighteen of
... See moreRichard Haass • The World
reconciling with the people who had marshaled the horrible forces of apartheid, and sharing power with them.
Nelson Mandela • Long Walk To Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
I would say that as our struggles mature, they produce new ideas, new issues, and new terrains on which we engage in the quest for freedom. Like Nelson Mandela, we must be willing to embrace the long walk toward freedom.