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Learn to know yourself... to search realistically and regularly the processes of your own mind and feelings.

Nelson Mandela

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Nelson Mandela
Age: 95 †
Born: 1918
Born: July 18
Died: 2013
Died: December 5
Autobiographer
Former President Of South Africa
Lawyer
Political Activist
Political Prisoner
Politician
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Mandela
Prisoner 46664
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Processes
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We tried in our simple way to lead our life in a manner that may make a difference to those of others.
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To truly lead one's people, one must also truly know them.
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Extremists on all sides thrive, fed by the blood lust of centuries gone by.
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The Commonwealth makes the world safe for diversity
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There are many people who have worked just because they love the community in which they are in, without expecting any financial consideration.
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If you look at those matters, you will come to the conclusion that the attitude of the United States of America is a threat to world peace.
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I say to all those leaders, do not look the other way. Do not hesitate... It is within your power to avoid a genocide of humanity.
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You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself.
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I came to accept that I have no right whatsoever to judge others in terms of my own customs, however much I may be proud of such customs.
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Sport has the power to change the world... Sport can awaken hope where there was previously only despair.
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Only free men can negotiate prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.
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Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.
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If you sit down and talk to a person, it's easy to convince him that apartheid can never save a country and will lead to the slaughtering of innocent people - including his own people.
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There is nothing to popularize a person. Only humility, which is the ability to remain in the background and to put others in the front light.
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Freedom can never be taken for granted. Each generation must safeguard it and extend it. Your parents and elders sacrificed much so that you should have freedom without suffering what they did. Use this precious right to ensure that the darkness of the past never returns.
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