Nelson Mandela Quotes about Suffering

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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.

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

I learned that to humiliate another person is to make him suffer an unnecessarily cruel fate. Even as a boy, I defeated my opponents without dishonoring them.

Nelson Mandela

Fate, Boys, Suffering

Nelson Mandela (2008). “Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela”, p.19, Hachette UK

The world remains beset by so much human suffering, poverty and deprivation. It is in your hands to make of our world a better one for all, especially the poor, vulnerable and marginalised.

Nelson Mandela

Our World, Hands, Suffering

Nelson Mandela's Speech at his Birthday dinner in Hyde Park, London, United Kingdom, db.nelsonmandela.org. June 25, 2008.

Abject poverty is demeaning, is an assault on the dignity of those that suffer it. In the end it demeans us all. It makes the freedom of all of us less meaningful.

Nelson Mandela

Meaningful, Suffering, Poverty

Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.138, Simon and Schuster

The suffering inflicted, and more often than not on the most vulnerable sectors of society, demeans all of us as humanity. That it is invariably women, children, the aged and disabled who suffer in these conflicts stands to the added shame of humankind.

Nelson Mandela

Children, Humanity, Suffering

To go to prison because of your convictions and be prepared to suffer for what you believe in, is something worthwhile. It is an achievement for a man to do his duty on earth irrespective of the consequences.

Nelson Mandela

Believe, Men, Suffering

Nelson Mandela (2012). “Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

Through its imperialist system Britain brought about untold suffering of millions of people. And this is an historical fact. To be able to admit this would increase the respect, you know, which we have for British institutions.

Nelson Mandela

People, Historical, Suffering

We now undertake that we cannot rest while millions of our people suffer the pain and indignity of poverty in all its forms.

Nelson Mandela

Pain, People, Suffering

Nelson Mandela (2003). “Nelson Mandela: from freedom to the future : tributes and speeches”, Jonathan Ball Publishers