Don't raise your voice, improve your argument." _x000D_ _x000D_ [Address at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 November 2004]
Interpretation
Effective communication relies on the strength of your ideas rather than loudness.
This quote emphasizes the importance of forming sound arguments and reasoning instead of resorting to shouting or aggressive behavior to make one's point. It suggests that rational discourse and thoughtful discussion hold more power in persuading others than merely raising one's voice.
In practice
During a debate, use this quote to encourage peers to focus on logical reasoning rather than raising their voices.
The fossil reserves that have already been discovered exceed what can ever be safely used. Yet companies spend half a trillion dollars each year searching for more fuel. They should redirect this money toward developing clean energy solutions
As much as the world has an instinct for evil and is a breeding ground for genocide, holocaust, slavery, racism, war, oppression, and injustice, the world has an even greateer instinct for goodness, rebirth, mercy, beauty, truth, freedom and love.
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.
Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.
Gaza is going to test who believes in the worth of human beings.
Most deadly errors arise from obsolete assumptions.
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.
Do not be fooled by one who recites the QurΓ’n. His recitation is but speech β but look to those who act according to it.
If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.
Every day we're given a choice: We can relax and float in the direction that the water flows, or we can swim hard against it. If we go with the river, the energy of a thousand mountain streams will be with us . . . if we resist the river, we will feel rankled and tired as we tread water, stuck in the same place.
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