And when the night grows dark, when injustice weighs heavily on our hearts or our best-laid plans seem beyond our reach – think of Madiba, and the words that brought him comfort within the four walls of a cell: ‘It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.’ BARACK OBAMA AT THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR NELSON MANDELA
