Prison itself is a tremendous education in the need for patience and perseverance. It is above all a test of… — Nelson Mandela

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

The authorities liked to say that we received a balanced diet; it was indeed balanced — between the unpalatable and the inedible.