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Tag: South Africa

  • WE SHALL OVERCOME

    “A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labours of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.” – Albert Einstein – “Perseverance is more prevailing than…

  • Decisions in 2014

    “Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished.  If you are alive it isn’t – Richard Bach – “By this means you will acquire the glory  of the whole world.”  – The Emerald Tablet      (Aprox 3000 –5000 BC) – > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvZYhxT5Mf8  <<    Vivaldi‘s Gloria >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You can still…

  • Rest Well Golden Eagle, – in memory of Nelson Mandela

    “Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people, his country, he can rest in peace. –Nelson Mandela. – “Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in…

  • 2013 – 2014 Genocide in the Pacific or even worse?

    “It is always a simple matter to drag people along whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship.   Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. This is easy.   All you have to do is tell them…

  • To sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression against human rights and injustice, and create the biggest movement on earth

      – “Each time a man stands up for an ideal or act to improve the lot of others, or strikes against injustice, he sends a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million centres of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of…

  • The Art of Leadership and Lessons from the Past – Nelson Mandela

    NELSON MANDELA “I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be,…

  • The Art of Leadership and Lessons from the Past – Gandhi.

      “A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.”   Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi had been on the political stage for more than fifty years before three pistol shots put an end to his life at the early beginning of 1948. Two generations of Indian patriots were inspired by him…

  • “To make gentle the life of this world.”

    – At times all of us would wish to live in a world more stable and tranquil, – but the fact is the world isn’t like this. Our times are both complicated and perplexing, but even though they are difficult and perplexing the challenges are still filled with hope and opportunity, even though the dynamics…

  • Let’s take the torch forward

    Good evening – or good morning – wherever you are at this hour. – Wherever you might be in your life, or wherever you will be in the future, – the future being the most important thing for all of us. The future we all cherish, – if we still have dreams or things to do.…