Obama Speaks about Ubuntu & Empathy at Nelson Mandela Memorial Service

2013-12-10 For full interview videos and transcripts, visit our website. http://cultureofempathy.com/Obama/VideoClips.htm
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"And finally, Mandela understood the ties that bind the human spirit.  There is a word in South Africa -- Ubuntu -- a word that captures Mandela's greatest gift:  his recognition that we are all bound together in ways that are invisible to the eye; that there is a oneness to humanity; that we achieve ourselves by sharing ourselves with others, and caring for those around us.

We can never know how much of this sense was innate in him, or how much was shaped in a dark and solitary cell.  But we remember the gestures, large and small -- introducing his jailers as honored guests at his inauguration; taking a pitch in a Springbok uniform; turning his family's heartbreak into a call to confront HIV/AIDS -- that revealed the depth of his empathy and his understanding.  He not only embodied Ubuntu, he taught millions to find that truth within themselves. "

Видео Obama Speaks about Ubuntu & Empathy at Nelson Mandela Memorial Service канала Edwin Rutsch