Desmond Tutu

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.”

“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.”

“Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.”

“A person is a person through other persons.”

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”

“Forgiving is not forgetting; it's actually remembering--remembering and not using your right to hit back.”

“Without forgiveness, there is no future.”

“We are made for goodness. We are made for love. We are made for friendliness. We are made for togetherness.”

“There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.”

“Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.”

“When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.”

“Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.”

“Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.”

“I am not an optimist, but a prisoner of hope.”

“We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.”