There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. – Nelson Mandela
I have retired, but if theres anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do. – Nelson Mandela
There can be no keener revelation of a societys soul than the way in which it treats its children. – Nelson Mandela
If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness. – Nelson Mandela
Reframing an extract as a quotation constitutes a kind of coauthorship. With no change in wording, the cited passage becomes different. I imagine that the thrill of making an anthology includes the opportunity to become such a coauthor. – Gary Saul Morson, The Words of Others: From Quotations to Culture, 2011