曼德拉语录摘选

　　1、never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another.
　　这片美丽的土地将永远、永远、永远不会再经历人对人的压迫。
　　2、only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. your freedom and mine cannot be separated.
　　只有自由的人才能谈判，身陷牢笼的人没有谈判的资格。你们的自由和我的自由是不可分割的。
　　3、there is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.
　　自由之路从不平坦，我们中的许多人都不得不一次又一次地穿过死神笼罩的山谷，才能抵达愿望的顶峰。
　　4、there is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
　　本来能过得更精彩的生活，却勉强接受现状，满足于个人的生活，这毫无激情可言。
　　5、there can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.
　　知晓一个社会的灵魂，就看这个社会对待小孩的方式，除此以外，没有更好的办法。
　　6、if you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. if you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
　　如果你用一个人听得懂的语言与他交流，他会记在脑子里;如果你用他自己的语言与他交流，他会记在心里。
　　7、in my country we go to prison first and then become president.
　　在我的祖国，我们先当囚徒，后当总统。
　　8、it always seems impossible until its done.
　　在事情未成功之前，一切总看似不可能。
　　9、when i walked out of the prison cell towards the door leading to freedom, i have made it clear his own pain and resentment if not able to stay behind, so in fact i still in prison.
　　当我走出囚室迈向通往自由的大门时，我已经清楚，自己若不能把痛苦与怨恨留在身后，那么其实我人在狱中。
　　10、a good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
　　精明的头脑和善良的心灵往往是个不可思议的组合。
　　11、after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
　　登上高峰后，你会发现还有更多的山峰要翻越。
　　12、education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
　　教育是最强有力的武器，你能用它来改变世界。
　　13、for to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
　　自由不仅仅意味着摆脱自身的枷锁，还意味着以一种尊重并增加他人自由的方式生活。
　　14、i detest racialism, because i regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.
　　我痛恨种族主义，不管是来自黑人或是来自白人的种族主义，在我看来，都是野蛮未开化的。
　　15、let freedom reign. the sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.
　　让自由来主宰一切吧。对于如此辉煌的人类成就，太阳永远不会停止照耀。
　　16、let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.
　　让所有人都拥有工作、面包、水和盐吧。
　　17、money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.
　　创造成功，靠的不是金钱，而是拥有创造成功的自由。
　　18、there is no such thing as part freedom.
　　不存在部分自由之说。
　　19、there is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
　　回到一个未曾改变的地方，却发现自己已经改变，没有什么这更美妙。
　　20、when the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.
　　水刚煮沸就关火，这很愚蠢。
　　21、our greatest fear is not from our lack of, but because we have extraordinary strength. let us often threatened not our weaknesses, but our strengths.
　　我们最大的恐惧不是来自于我们的不足，而是因为我们超常的强大。通常让我们受到威胁的不是我们的弱点，而是我们的长处。
　　22、the greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
　　人生最大的荣耀不在于从不跌倒，而在于每一次跌倒后都能爬起来。
　　23、let black and white as brothers, south africa to the prosperity and development.
　　让黑人和白人成为兄弟，让南非繁荣发展。
　　24、i have finished my role play, now need unknown life. i want to go back home, the village in childhood frolicking hillside walk.
　　我已经演完了我的角色，现在只求默默无闻地生活。我想回到故乡的村寨，在童年时嬉戏玩耍的山坡上漫步。