No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.

Nelson Mandela · Written after twenty-seven years in prison; when Barack Obama posted the line in August 2017 it became the most liked tweet to that date.

The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid but he who conquers that fear.

Nelson Mandela · From the final part of his autobiography, on what prison taught him about courage.

I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

Nelson Mandela · The closing pages of his autobiography, written after his release and his election as South Africa's president.

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.

Nelson Mandela · The closing pages of his autobiography, looking back on the long walk from prison to the presidency.

You should be kissed, and often, and by someone who knows how.

Rhett Butler · Clark Gable's blockade runner in Gone with the Wind (1939) · Rhett to Scarlett in the Paris bonnet scene, a line written for the film by Sidney Howard and not found in the novel.

I firmly believe that love [of a subject or hobby] is a better teacher than a sense of duty—at least for me.

Albert Einstein · From a 1940 draft letter to his friend the physicist Philipp Frank; the shared "Love is a better teacher than duty" is a shortening, and the bracketed gloss is the editor's.

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.

Attributed to Oscar Wilde · Recorded by Harold Mellor, a friend who travelled with Wilde in 1898 to 1900, and printed only in 1949 in the Marquess of Queensberry's Oscar Wilde and the Black Douglas; Quote Investigator finds it plausible but resting on one man's memory half a century on.

“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”

“The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid but he who conquers that fear.”

“I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”

“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.”

“You should be kissed, and often, and by someone who knows how.”

“I firmly believe that love [of a subject or hobby] is a better teacher than a sense of duty—at least for me.”

“Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.”

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