“[Mandela] had believed all his life that you are very much in control of your own body, and, in the process of healing, your mind had to be stronger than the medicines applied. You also had to have...”

“To test a man's character, give him power. Once people have power they will always reveal themselves.”

“Be kind to every person you meet because we don't know their battles.”

“President Mandela was never scared to admit his own mistakes and then almost jump at the opportunity of apologising and then to move on.”

“[Mandela] subsequently used words that never left me: 'Because you hold a particular position, doesn't mean that you are more important that anyone else. Your time is not more valuable that anybody...”

“It is of vital importance to [Mandela] to be courteous and grateful at all times, as we never know whether we will have the opportunity to thank people or pay respect whenever they have been good t...”

“I worked it through with pride,I almost spoke without words, and i'm masterly at speaking without words.All my life I have spoken without words, and I have passed through whole tragedies on my own ...”

“But I don't feel like dealing because dealing requires too much energy, and energy is what I lack.”

“When a child dies, a parent loses a part of themselves, he said. Your whole world ceases to exist and youre nothing but a shell of the person you once were. Your mom has dealt with it in her way, m...”

“People think that a liar gains a victory over his victim. What Ive learned is that a lie is an act of self-abdication, because one surrenders ones reality to the person to whom one lies, making tha...”

“Before you enbark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.”

“Maybe I could dole out the truth in tiny pieces that, once assembled, would make a picture that resembled a reality in which I hadnt done anything wrong.”