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Robben Island, Cape Town, South Africa Nelson Mandela spent eighteen of his twenty-seven year imprisonment on this island along with other political prisoners. While here, Mandela received his Bachelor of Laws from the University of London, by correspondence. The current South African President Jacob Zuma was also imprisoned here for ten years. Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, “Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?”. Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. - Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: Autobiography of Nelson Mandela View Larger

Robben Island, Cape Town, South Africa

Nelson Mandela spent eighteen of his twenty-seven year imprisonment on this island along with other political prisoners. While here, Mandela received his Bachelor of Laws from the University of London, by correspondence. The current South African President Jacob Zuma was also imprisoned here for ten years.

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, “Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?”. Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

- Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

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