About This Quote
The kind of people who seek the truth are not the kind of people who doubt it. The ones who doubt the truth are the ones who don’t know it. This quote was a response to a question from a student at Nantua University in France who was being asked to sign a paper stating that he would follow all the rules and practices of the Communist Party if he joined. He said that he did not believe in God and did not want to be a member of the Party, but instead, wanted to study science. To which, his Professor replied: "You must believe in God or else you have no need to work for Him." In response, Mandela wrote: "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
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