"I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death."
Nelson Mandela
Tenho-o como uma inspiração, um exemplo de civismo e educação. Alguém que "pregava" valores dignos de se converterem no paradigma a seguir pela sociedade e por cada um de nós.
Uma perda que toca (com certeza) o coração de todos... Ainda que a sua luta tenha sido persistente, suada e embebida em fé (movida pela esperança no Homem), ainda há muito por fazer neste reboliço mundano, onde se precisa (e muito) de "professores da alma", como Nelson Mandela.
Madiba, como também era conhecido morreu hoje, quinta-feira. Tinha 95 anos de idade.
Que a sua esperança e crença em nós, raça humana, não morram com ele...!
Nelson Mandela
1918-2013
Fica a minha seleção de frases (que são muito mais do que isso) da autoria de Mandela:
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
"Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again".
"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered."
"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
"What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead."
"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."
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