966 Quotes by Nelson Mandela

In some ways, it is easier to be a dissident, for then one is without responsibility.

Soccer is one of the most unifying activities amongst us.

Prison life, fortunately, I spent a lot of years, about 18 years with other prisoners, and, as I say, they enriched your soul.

In the end, reconciliation is a spiritual process, which requires more than just a legal framework. It has to happen in the hearts and minds of people.

One of the most difficult things is not to change society - but to change yourself.

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.

I am accusing the truth commission of being abused and not performing the task which it was supposed to perform,

You know you are really famous the day you discover you have become a comic character!

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 can never like you. And you can never build that instrument of collective leadership.