Read more“Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.”
– Thomas Aquinas
Read more“True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island… to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.”
– Baltasar Gracian
Nelson Mandela Infographics
Infographic found on http://static.springer.com/sgw/documents/1467251/image/jpeg/Nelson+Mandela+infographic_300dpi.jpg Infographic found on http://www.internsme.com/blog/nelson-mandela-infographic Infographic found...Raise My Hands – A Tribute to Nelson Mandela
On Nelson Mandela’s birthday, photographer Scott McDermott captured famous faces – e.g. Clint Eastwood, Robert DeNiro, Forest Whitaker and Morgan Freeman – raising hands to pledge to improve their planet. In Kelly’s film, writer Elliot Kotek ponders...Read more“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
Today is Nelson Mandela International Day
Every year on 18 July — the day Nelson Mandela was born — the UN joins a call by the Nelson Mandela Foundation to devote 67 minutes of time to helping others, as a way to mark Nelson Mandela International Day. For 67 years Nelson Mandela devoted his life to the...Apartheid in South Africa Episode 1
As the United Nations adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, South Africa heads in the opposite direction, implementing a system of laws called apartheid to racially segregate its people in every aspect of life. The black majority in South Africa, led by...Nelson Mandela – This is his story
In remembrance of Nelson Mandela. Rest in peace. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (/mænˈdɛlə/;[4] Xhosa pronunciation: [xoˈliːɬaɬa manˈdeːla]; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician and philanthropist who served as...Read more“Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change the environment for good or ill.”
– Stephen Hawking
