Desmond Tutu

I mean in the South African case, many of those who were part of death squads would have been respectable members of their white community, people who went to church on Sunday, every Sunday. ”

God is not upset that Gandhi was not a Christian, because God is not a Christian! All of God's children and their different faiths help us to realize the immensity of God. ”

God is patient with us to become the God's children he wants us to be but you really can see him weeping. ”

In God's family, there are no outsiders, no enemies. ”

God's dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion. ”

Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are. ”

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them. ”

I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum. ”

Universal education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity, to pave the way toward making many more nations self-sufficient and self-sustaining. ”

Inclusive, good-quality education is a foundation for dynamic and equitable societies. ”