"I like friends who have independent minds..." - Quote by Nelson Mandela

“I learned to have the patience to listen when people put forward their views, even if I think those views are wrong. You can't reach a just decision in a dispute unless you listen to both sides.”

“We forgive but not forgotten”

“When I came to Johannesburg from the countryside, I knew nobody, but many strangers were very kind to me. I then was dragged into politics, and then, subsequently, I became a lawyer.”

“Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.”

“I don't really think you can ever stop making new friends or learning about as many new things as possible.”

“A friend is never an imposition.”

“The notion that before you even set out to go to Thailand, you say, 'I'm not interested,' or you're unwilling to try things that people take so personally and are so proud of and so generous with, I don't understand that, and I think it's rude. You're at Grandma's house, you eat what Grandma serves you.”

“Always, as you travel, assimilate the sounds and sights of the world.”

“The Master was entirely free from four things: prejudice, foregone conclusions, obstinacy, and egoism.”