Then there was Mr Mandela. Everybody knew about Mr Mandela and how he had forgiven those who had imprisoned him. They had taken away years and years of his life simply because he wanted justice. They had set him to work in a quarry and his eyes had been permanently damaged by the rock dust. But at last, when he had walked out of the prison on that breathless, luminous day, he had said nothing about revenge or even retribution. He had said that there were more important things to do than to complain about the past, and in time he had shown that he meant this by hundreds of acts of kindness towards those who had treated him so badly. That was the real African way, the tradition that was closest to the heart of Africa. We are all children of Africa, and none of us is better or more important than the other. This is what Africa could say to the world: it could remind it what it is to be human.Alexander McCall Smith
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The quotation by William Shakespeare "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall" describes the essence of love. Love is an unconditional feeling and as such should be free from all conditions. It should not be as something that has to be earned as it would mean to feel it only when the person is being rewarded which is a completely different feeling altogether. People have been known to love one another without any condition and this is what makes the world a better place.
Source: Tears Of The Giraffe
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