Mandela said often that the gift of prison was the ability to go within and to think, to create in himself the things he most wanted for South Africa: peace, reconciliation, harmony.
Mandela sagde tit, at gaven ved at være i fængsel var muligheden for at fordybe sig og tænke, han skabte i sig selv de ting han ønskede sig aller mest for Sydafrika: fred, forsoning, harmoni.