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Nelson Mandela
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear
is that we are powerful beyond measure.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented,
and fabulous?
Actually, Who are you not to be?
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people
won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the
glory of God within us. It is not just in some of us: it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people
permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our
presence automatically liberates others.
From 1994 Inaugural Speech
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