困難能打沉一些人, 同時也造就了某些人。
再鋒利的斧頭也不足以削減那些不斷努力、充滿希望的「罪人」的靈魂。
Difficulties break some men but make others.
No axe is sharp enough to cut the soul of a sinner who keeps on trying, one armed with the hope that he will rise even in the end.
給溫妮·曼德拉的信,在<羅本島>的書面上, 1975年2月1日
FROM A LETTER TO WINNIE MANDELA, WRITTEN ON ROBBEN ISLAND, 1 FEBRUARY 1975