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“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”
Nelson Mandela
“As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
“A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.”
“If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers.”
“And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same”
“There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.”
“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”
“Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.”
“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.”
“As I have said, the first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself... Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.”