23 O Talks Insights That Will Feed Your Soul
If there's one thing Oprah loves, it's getting to know what makes people tick. All is revealed in some of our favorite moments from O Talks....
Nelson Mandela
April 2001
Oprah: You became even more disciplined in prison than you had been before, studying regularly and encouraging your colleagues to study. Why?
Nelson Mandela: I knew we could improve our lives even in jail. We could come out as different men, and we could even come out with two degrees. Educating ourselves was a way to give ourselves the most powerful weapon for freedom.
OW: Did you come out a wiser man?
NM: All I can say is that I was less foolish than I was when I went in. I equipped myself by reading literature, especially classic novels such as The Grapes of Wrath.
OW: That's one of my favorite books.
NM: When I closed that book, I was a different man. It enriched my powers of thinking and discipline, and my relationships. I left prison more informed than when I went in. And the more informed you are, the less arrogant and aggressive you are.
Read the full interview from the April 2001 issue.
Oprah: You became even more disciplined in prison than you had been before, studying regularly and encouraging your colleagues to study. Why?
Nelson Mandela: I knew we could improve our lives even in jail. We could come out as different men, and we could even come out with two degrees. Educating ourselves was a way to give ourselves the most powerful weapon for freedom.
OW: Did you come out a wiser man?
NM: All I can say is that I was less foolish than I was when I went in. I equipped myself by reading literature, especially classic novels such as The Grapes of Wrath.
OW: That's one of my favorite books.
NM: When I closed that book, I was a different man. It enriched my powers of thinking and discipline, and my relationships. I left prison more informed than when I went in. And the more informed you are, the less arrogant and aggressive you are.
Read the full interview from the April 2001 issue.
From the May 2015 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine