Nelson Mandela

"Acceptance: It is what it is. You have probably heard of the Serenity Prayer, which owes its roots to stoic philosophers, in particular Epictetus: “God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” Nelson Mandela showed tremendous acceptance during his time in prison. So did Viktor Frankl in his time at a number of concentration camps."

"Yet we need to remind ourselves each time we are tempted to beat our chest with pride, that such sectors where we are in the league of the best in the world, face the urgent and mammoth challenge of lifting the rest of the economy and society to new heights. – Nelson Mandela, at the 75th anniversary of the Reserve Bank, 1996."

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"A. J. P. Taylor, Brad Stone, Andrew Roberts, Roy Jenkins, Winston Churchill (the author), David Cannadine, Robert Tombs, Walter Isaacson, Neal Gabler, Tom Cannon, Bob Dylan (the author), Ian Bell, Thomas Kuhn, Viktor Frankl, Robert Skidelsky, Victor Sebestyen, Nelson Mandela (the author), Peter Hain, Lindy Woodhead, A. N. Wilson, Andrew Welburn, John Campbell, Nancy Andreasen, Timothy Wilson and Max Gunther."

"To appease the South African haters, Sol offered to introduce Ingraham to Nelson Mandela; in fact, he practically promised to see to it that Mandela would visit the Bahamas as a guest of the prime minister. That would be huge for the islands. If Mandela were to put his stamp of approval on Sol’s ownership of Paradise Island, it would surely seal the deal."