Nelson Mandela's inauguration speech 1994.

Update 2024.10.02:

Update, a year and a half later... It seems I spread misinformation online too. Turns out this quote isn’t by Nelson Mandela, but from the book A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson, published in 1992. More info here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Return_to_Love#%22Our_deepest_fear%22

 

Original post:

English below. Español abajo.

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Naš najdublji strah nije strah od vlastite nesposobnosti.
Naš je najdublji strah taj da smo beskrajno moćni.
Naša nas svjetlost, a ne naša tama, plaši najviše od svega. Pitamo se: “Tko sam ja da bih mogao biti tako sjajan, divan, nadaren i osobit?”
No zapravo biste se trebali upitati: “Tko ste da to ne biste bili?”
Vi ste dijete Božje. To što glumite da ste beznačajni svijetu nije ni od kakve koristi.
Nema nikakve mudrosti u tome što umanjujete vlastitu vrijednost da se drugi oko vas ne bi osjećali nesigurni. Rođeni smo da bismo očitovali slavu Božju koja je u nama; ne samo u nekima od nas, već u svakome, stoga kad dopuštamo vlastitom svjetlu da zasja u punom sjaju, i drugim ljudima svjesno dajemo dopuštenje da čine to isto.
Kad se oslobodimo vlastita straha, sama naša prisutnost oslobađa druge.

Nelson Mandela - inauguracijski govor 1994.

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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us.
We ask ourselves: “Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous!”
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God. 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 are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone.
And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear our presence automatically liberates others.

Nelson Mandela - inauguration speech 1994.

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Nuestro mas profundo temor no es el ser inadecuados.
Nuestro mas profundo temor es que somos poderosos más allá de cualquier medida.
Es nuestra luz, no nuestra oscuridad la que nos intimida.
Nos preguntamos: ¿Quién soy yo para ser brillante, magnífico, talentoso y fabuloso?. Pero en realidad: ¿Quién eres tú para no serlo?.
Tú eres un hijo de Dios.
No beneficia al mundo el que desvalorices.
No es nada iluminado el que te achiques de tal modo que otras personas se sientan inseguras a tu alrededor.
Hemos nacido para manifestar la gloria de Dios, que está en nuestro interior.
Y esta no se encuentra presente tan solo en algunos de nosotros, sino en todos y cada uno.
En la medida en que dejamos brillar nuestra luz, inconscientemente damos a otros permiso para hacer lo mismo.
En la medida en que somos liberados de nuestros miedos, nuestra presencia automáticamente libera a los demás.

Nelson Mandela - discurso inaugural 1994.