“I am not the only one who did not want revenge. Almost all my colleagues in prison did not want revenge, because there is no time to do anything else except to try and save your people.”
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“But the hard facts were that fifty years of non-violence had brought the African people nothing but more and more repressive legislation, and fewer and fewer rights.”
“[Gandhi] said, "I want to find God, and because I want to find God, I have to find God along with other people. I don't believe I can find God alone. If I did, I would be running to the Himalayas to find God in some cave there. But since I believe that nobody can find God alone, I have to work with people. I have to take them with me. Alone I can't come to Him."”
“I admire young people who are concerned with the affairs of their community and nation perhaps because I also became involved in struggle whist I was still at school.”
“We now undertake that we cannot rest while millions of our people suffer the pain and indignity of poverty in all its forms.”
“In many respects, people on the outside suffered more than those of us in jail. In prison, we ate three times a day, we had clothing, we had free medical services, and we could sleep for 12 hours.”
“Our people outside of prison used my name to mobilize the community locally and internationally. But for me to be treated separately from my colleagues, who had contributed as much as and even more than I had, would have been a betrayal of them.”
“Therefore, we must not look at the African people, even before they met whites, as if they had something unique, which was not to be found in other societies.”
“We must also know that even before liberation in 1994 there [in South Africa] were people with resources who tried to share with those who were deprived.”
“I am sure that if somebody is giving a sum to charity, he or she should be encouraged to do so by the authorities because the spirit in which we encourage people to give has permeated our society.”
“I've found that South Africa has produced good leaders. These are people who realize that when there is danger, they should be in the forefront and when there is victory to be celebrated, they should be in the background, allowing their colleagues and the ordinary civilians - the man in the street - to rejoice and to celebrate that victory.”
“People either know Alan Rudolph and love every single one of his films or they don't know him at all.”
“I don't know how people can live without a therapist.”
“There are always some people who are ready to embrace a doctrine, a notion, a dogma, and they miss the real teaching.”
“The Buddha also counseled the monks and nuns to avoid wasting any precious time by engaging in idle conversation, oversleeping, pursuing fame and recognition, chasing after desires, spending time with people of poor character, and being satisfied with only a shallow understanding of the teaching.”
“To be a monk is to have time to practice for your transformation and healing. And after that to help with the transformation and healing of other people.”
“If we can not smile, we cannot help other people to smile.”
“If the people who hurt us have anger or desperation within them then they suffer. When you see that someone suffers, you might be motivated by a desire to help him not to suffer anymore.”
“When someone does not know how to handle his own suffering, one allows it to spill all over the people around him or her. When you suffer, you make people around you suffer. That's very natural. This is why we have to learn how to handle our suffering, so we won't spread it everywhere.”
“Science and mindfulness complement each other in helping people to eat well and maintain their health and well-being.”