It always seems impossible until it is done. Nelson Mandela

One of the most difficult things is not to change society, but to change yourself. Nelson Mandela

It enables me to go to bed with an enriching feeling in my soul and the belief that I am changing myself. Nelson Mandela

We have sufficient cause to be cynical about humanity. We have seen enough injustice, strife, division, suffering, and pain, and our capacity to be massively inhuman. Nelson Mandela

Religion is one of the most important forces in the world. Whether you are a Christian, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew, or a Hindu, religion is a great force, and it can help one have command of one's own morality, one's own behavior, and one's own attitude. Nelson Mandela

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

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

The ego lies in the fact that I share it with men and women, some of whom are more capable than me. That is my ego. Nelson Mandela

For all people who have found themselves in the position of being in jail and trying to transform society, forgiveness is natural because you have no time to be retaliative. Nelson Mandela

You did so in the full understanding that the American dream is a dream that all the world's people deserve; that a new world is in the making in which humanity should be united in its diversity of race, gender, language and religion. Nelson Mandela

We have sufficient cause to be cynical about humanity. We have seen enough injustice, strife, division, suffering, and pain, and our capacity to be massively inhuman. Nelson Mandela

It enables me to go to bed with an enriching feeling in my soul and the belief that I am changing myself. Nelson Mandela

Religion is one of the most important forces in the world. Whether you are a Christian, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew, or a Hindu, religion is a great force, and it can help one have command of one's own morality, one's own behaviour, and one's own attitude. Nelson Mandela

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

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

The ego lies in the fact that I share it with men and women, some of whom are more capable than me. That is my ego. Nelson Mandela

For all people who have found themselves in the position of being in jail and trying to transform society, forgiveness is natural because you have no time to be retaliative. Nelson Mandela

You did so in the full understanding that the American dream is a dream that all the world's people deserve; that a new world is in the making in which humanity should be united in its diversity of race, gender, language and religion. Nelson Mandela

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, "Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?". Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God; your playing small doesn't serve the world. (Marianne Williamson, quoted by Nelson Mandela in his inaugural speech)