1.我们最大的恐惧不是来自于我们的不足，而是因为我们超常的强大。通常让我们受到威胁的不是我们的弱点，而是我们的长处。Our greatest fear is not from our lack of, but because we have extraordinary strength. Let us often threatened not our weaknesses, but our strengths.

2.我痛恨种族主义，不管是来自黑人或是来自白人的种族主义，在我看来，都是野蛮未开化的。I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.

3.精明的头脑和善良的心灵往往是个不可思议的组合。

4.我懂得了，勇气不是没有恐惧，而是战胜恐惧。勇者不是感觉不到害怕的人，而是克服自身恐惧的人。I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

5.我已经发现了一个秘密，那就是，在登上一座大山之后，你会发现还有更多的山要去攀登。

6.有建设美好南非的梦想，就有通向梦想的道路。善良和宽恕就是其中的两条大道。If there are dreams about a beautiful South Africa, there are also roads that lead to their goal. Two of these roads could be named Goodness and Forgiveness.

7.压迫者和被压迫者一样需要获得解放。夺走别人自由的人是仇恨的囚徒，他被偏见和短视的铁栅囚禁着。

8.若想与敌和平共处，就要与敌并肩作战。敌亦将为友。If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

9、当一个人被拒绝相信他所相信的生活权利的时候，他就没有了别的选择，只能成为一个违法者。

10.在事情未成功之前，一切总看似不可能。It always seems impossible until its done.

11.尽管我是一个喜欢社交的人，但是我更喜欢孤独，我希望自己左右自己的机会，自己做计划、自己思考、自己谋划。

12．当我走出囚室迈向通往自由的大门时，我已经清楚，自己若不能把痛苦与怨恨留在身后，那么其实我人在狱中。When I walked out of the prison cell towards the door leading to freedom, I have made it clear his own pain and resentment if not able to stay behind, so in fact I still in prison.

13.有许多黑暗的时刻，人道主义信仰一时经受了痛苦的考验，但是，我将不会也不可能会向悲观低头。向悲观低头就意味着失败和死亡。

14.登上高峰后，你会发现还有更多的山峰要翻越。After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

15.生命中最重要的事不仅仅是活着，而是我们给他人的命运带来了何种不同。这才是生命的意义。

16.如果你用一个人听得懂的语言与他交流，他会记在脑子里;如果你用他自己的语言与他交流，他会记在心里。If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

17.你若光明，这世界就不会黑暗。你若心怀希望，这世界就不会彻底绝望。你如不屈服，这世界又能把你怎样

18.教育是最强有力的武器，你能用它来改变世界。Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

19.怨恨如同牢狱，原谅别人，等于升华自己。

20.自由不仅仅意味着摆脱自身的枷锁，还意味着以一种尊重并增加他人自由的方式生活。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.

21.即使是在监狱那些最冷酷无情的日子，我也会从狱警身上看到若隐若现的人性，可能仅仅是一秒钟，但它却足以使我恢复信心并坚持下去。

22.精明的头脑和善良的心灵往往是个不可思议的组合。A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

23.勇者并非是没有畏惧心理的人，而是征服畏惧心理的人。

24.让自由来主宰一切吧。对于如此辉煌的人类成就，太阳永远不会停止照耀。Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.

25.圣人其实也是罪人，只不过他会努力向善。

26.让所有人都拥有工作、面包、水和盐吧。Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.

27.创造成功，靠的不是金钱，而是拥有创造成功的自由。　　

28.知晓一个社会的灵魂，就看这个社会对待小孩的方式，除此以外，没有更好的办法。There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.

29.水刚煮沸就关火，这很愚蠢。When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.

30.本来能过得更精彩的生活，却勉强接受现状，满足于个人的生活，这毫无激情可言。There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

31.我已经演完了我的角色，现在只求默默无闻地生活。我想回到故乡的村寨，在童年时嬉戏玩耍的山坡上漫步。I have finished my role play, now need unknown life. I want to go back home, the village in childhood frolicking hillside walk.

32.生命中最伟大的光辉不在于永不坠落,而是坠落后总能再度升起。The greatest brilliance in life lies not in never falling, but fall can always rises again.

33.回到一个未曾改变的地方，却发现自己已经改变，没有什么这更美妙。There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

34.作为领袖，最好是在后方领导，让其他人站在前线，尤其是在庆祝胜利或好事时;但在危险时，你要站在前线。这样，人们会欣赏你的领导力。It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

35.自由之路从不平坦，我们中的许多人都不得不一次又一次地穿过死神笼罩的山谷，才能抵达愿望的顶峰。There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.