Comments on: Today In History: Nelson Mandela – Our Greatest Fear http://www.poems-and-poetry.com/ephemerids/today-in-history-nelson-mandela-our-greatest-fear-2 A blog about poetry and literature Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:53:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Deb http://www.poems-and-poetry.com/ephemerids/today-in-history-nelson-mandela-our-greatest-fear-2/comment-page-1#comment-654 Deb Sat, 28 Oct 2006 18:08:13 +0000 http://www.poems-and-poetry.com/ephemerids/today-in-history-nelson-mandela-our-greatest-fear-2#comment-654 You seem to be right Karl. At http://skdesigns.com/internet/articles/quotes/williamson/our_deepest_fear/#note, it explains: "This quote is often found on the Internet incorrectly credited to Nelson Mandela from his Inauguration Speech, 1994, especially the last sentence of that quote, “As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." Thanks for pointing it out! You seem to be right Karl. At http://skdesigns.com/internet/articles/quotes/williamson/our_deepest_fear/#note, it explains:

“This quote is often found on the Internet incorrectly credited to Nelson Mandela from his Inauguration Speech, 1994, especially the last sentence of that quote, “As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

Thanks for pointing it out!

]]> By: Karl http://www.poems-and-poetry.com/ephemerids/today-in-history-nelson-mandela-our-greatest-fear-2/comment-page-1#comment-653 Karl Sat, 28 Oct 2006 16:57:51 +0000 http://www.poems-and-poetry.com/ephemerids/today-in-history-nelson-mandela-our-greatest-fear-2#comment-653 This is a quote from Marianne Williamson. Mr. Mandela never said this. I have actually met Marianne, have her book, and read the quote myself. Here is the source: © Marianne Williamson, 1992 Found in "A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles" Harper Collins, Chapter 7, Section 3, 1992. I checked Mr. Mandela's speech in 1994, I could not find the quote: http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/mandela/1994/inaugct.html and here: http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/mandela/1994/inaugpta.html This is a quote from Marianne Williamson. Mr. Mandela never said this. I have actually met Marianne, have her book, and read the quote myself. Here is the source:

© Marianne Williamson, 1992
Found in “A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles” Harper Collins, Chapter 7, Section 3, 1992.

I checked Mr. Mandela’s speech in 1994, I could not find the quote:

http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/mandela/1994/inaugct.html and here: http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/mandela/1994/inaugpta.html

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