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"When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat."
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"When I was young, I thought it is thunder that kills people. But when I learnt physics in the high school, I discovered that it is rather the lightning that does the killing. The voice of the thunder itself is just a noise. The lightning is the poise!"
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Personal Development
"A book is a sacred gift."
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Personal Development
"A man with wisdom will always have a solution no matter how big his challenges may be. Wisdom makes you a problem solver."
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Personal Development
"In the pursuit of knowledge, we know God, the source of knowledge and wisdom."
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"In every situation, we can find sacred lesson."
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Personal Development
"To be given to the study of the scriptures is to discover more principles."
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"The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little."
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"If you listen to many wise sayings, you will develop a strong-mind."
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"Feelings could override facts, as facts could alter feelings. Choose the truth first, rather than following after feelings."
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"It is better to be foolish than a dilettante."
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"When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw."
Freedom
"Crime must be brought under control... Freedom without civility, freedom without the ability to live in peace, was not true freedom at all."
Freedom
"It is a simple tale, but its message is an enduring one: virtue and generosity will be rewarded in ways that one cannot know."
Morality
"In the 1940s, traveling for an African was a complicated process. All Africans over the age of sixteen were compelled to carry 'Native passes' issued by the Native Affairs Department and were required to show that pass to any white policeman, civil servant, or employer. Failure to do so could mean arrest, trial, a jail sentence or fine."
History
"I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope."
Hope
"I will not leave South Africa, nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days."
Justice
"A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed."
Leadership
"It reaffirmed my long-held belief that education was the enemy of prejudice. These were men and women of science, and science had no room for racism."
Education
"To deny people of their human rights is to challenge their very humanity."
Ethics
"Freedom is indivisible; the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people were the chains on me."
Freedom
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