evidence: In 2007 the website of the Nelson Mandela Foundation posted an article about the misattribution:[5]Website: Nelson Mandela Foundation: Living the Legacy, Article title: ‘Deepest fear’ quote not Mr Mandela’s, Date on website: November 9, 2007, Website description: The Nelson Mandela … Continue reading In her book A return to love: Reflections on the principles of a course in miracles, Ms Marianne Williamson writes "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. This quote, and especially Williamson’s closing words "As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others," is often incorrectly credited to Mr Mandela. [...] For those who saw my quote from A RETURN TO LOVE misattributed to Nelson Mandela last night on the CNN Heroes Awards show, here is the Mandela Foundation official correction: https://www.nelsonmandela.org/news/entry/deepest-fear-quote-not-mr-mandelas/ …. I’d be honored had Mr. Mandela quoted the words, but he didn’t. An urban myth.