Nelson Mandela on enemies

For me, survival is the ability to cope with difficulties, with circumstances, and to overcome them.

The whole purpose of a husband and wife is that when hard times knock at the door you should be able to embrace each other.

I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy1917–1963

• Forgiveness

If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807–1882Drift-wood. QuoteInvestigator (Aug. 19, 2019)

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

William Blake1757–1827Jerusalem The Emanation of The Giant Albion (c. 1803–1820), Ch. 4, plate 91, line 1

• Forgiveness
• Friendship