Nelson Mandela Quotes about Compassion

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As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.

As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.

Nelson Mandela

Compassion, Our World, Long

Nelson Mandela's speech in London's Trafalgar Square for the campaign to end poverty in the developing world, news.bbc.co.uk. February 3, 2005.

Our human compassion binds us the one to the other - not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.

Nelson Mandela

Future, Compassion, Suffering

Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.84, Simon and Schuster

Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear.

Nelson Mandela

Children, Compassion, Safety

No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens but its lowest ones.

Nelson Mandela

Inspiring, Inspiration, Compassion

"Long Walk to Freedom". Book by Nelson Mandela, 1995.

A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of.

Nelson Mandela

Independent, Compassion, Concern For Others

Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.146, Simon and Schuster

I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife. But the problems are such that for anybody with a conscience who can use whatever influence he may have to try to bring about peace, it's difficult to say no.

Nelson Mandela

Rest In Peace, Children, Compassion

"Nelson Mandela: U.S Is A Threat To World Peace". Interview with Tom Masland, www.newsweek.com. September 9, 2002.