Mandela's message will never die. It will continue to inspire freedom fighters and give confidence to people who defend just causes and universal rights.
A pattern is either right or wrong. . . it is no stronger than its weakest point.
Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
what I mean by Socialism is a condition of society in which there should be neither rich nor poor, neither master nor master's man, neither idle nor overworked, neither brainslack brain workers, nor heartsick hand workers, in a word, in which all men would be living in equality of condition, and would manage their affairs unwastefully, and with the full consciousness that harm to one would mean harm to all-the realisation at last of the meaning of the word commonwealth.
I am going your way, so let us go hand in hand. You help me and I'll help you. We shall not be here very long. . . so let us help one another while we may.
Art made by the people for the people, as a joy to the maker and the user.
The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.
In contrast to a dream a reverie cannot be recounted. To be communicated, it must be written, written with emotion and taste, being relived all the more strongly because it is being written down. Here, we are touching the realm of written love. It is going out of fashion, but the benefits remain. There are still souls for whom love is the contact of two poetries, the fusion of two reveries.
I spend time with people who are movers and shakers, and others who are just friends I really care for. Some of them are rich, some of them are poor. I couldn't care less. I'm not a snob.
One of the first things I did was interview the President of the United States. Some people work their whole lives and can't interview someone of that stature.
All was black, gloomy and awful. There was no light at the end of the tunnel - or if there was, it was an oncoming train.