Mandela is the only member of his family who went to school. He studied at Fordhal University, South Africa University and the University of Witwatersrand, and received a correspondence law degree from London University during his prison term. Mandela took an active part in the political movement from 1948, opposing the apartheid policy pursued by the ruling South African National Party. 1962 In August, the South African government sentenced Mandela to five years' imprisonment for sedition and illegal border crossing, and two years later sentenced him to life imprisonment for attempting to overthrow the government by violence. Mandela spent 27 years in prison for this. During this period, Mandela suffered inhuman torture. In Pretoria local prison, Mandela was held in solitary confinement and could not be with others. However, there is not even natural light in the detention room, and there are no writing objects. Mandela's cell in Robben Island is only 4.5 square meters. As a recidivist, he could not participate in the football league organized by prisoners on the island at that time, or even watch the ball. But all this failed to break Mandela's will.

Mandela insisted on exercising by running and doing push-ups in his cell. When he was in Robben Island, he often painted some scenery outside the iron fence. 1982 After being transferred to Polsmore prison in Cape Town, he forced the prison authorities to let him open a small vegetable garden, where he planted nearly 900 plants. It is this optimistic, positive and strong spirit that made him laugh at the end and win.

Mandela has experienced too many pains and tribulations in his life, but all these have not changed his noble qualities of optimism, humor, peace, tolerance and firmness. He did not go to extremes because of the persecution of the racist regime and took revenge, but tried his best to mediate and promote reconciliation. He did not lose his mind and give up hope because of his long-term inhuman prisoner career, but actively exercised and waited for victory; He did not covet power and enrich himself when he was popular, but abdicated immediately after the expiration of a presidential term; Instead of enjoying fame after retirement, he actively devoted himself to charity. Mandela's greatness lies not in the awards he won, in the praise he received from politicians and celebrities all over the world, or even in his contribution to the birth of the new democratic regime in South Africa. But his spirit of peace, tolerance and rationality is the spirit that all mankind should have. His wisdom and methods in dealing with contradictions and conflicts should also be learned by both sides of conflicts all over the world. His selfless, dedicated and firm qualities are an example for future generations to learn.

History is cruel, but it is also fair. Mandela's long life made all his previous sins fall before him. During the apartheid period, he didn't even have the right to vote, but he became the president of South Africa on 1994. When he was in Robben Island Prison, he couldn't even watch the football match of his cellmates, but he saw the 20 10 World Cup in South Africa. 0/8 years after the birth of New South Africa, even the jailer who guarded him in those years became a skeleton, and he was still receiving the blessings of the world. If Ka Kui Wong were still alive, he would even sing "Days of Our Life" for Father Wen: "Today, there is only one remnant to meet the day of our life, and he will persist in freedom in the storm. After a life of hesitation and struggle, confidence can change the future. Who can do it? "

Only by forgetting hatred can we become stronger and more mature.