Desmond Tutu

"Forgiveness means abandoning your right to pay back the perpetrator in their own coin."

"Education is a tool that can be used to help change the world."

"We are partners with the divine in the continuing work of creation."

"To remain neutral in the face of suffering is to take the side of the perpetrator."

"God is not a homophobic God, and if you were to say that God is homophobic, then I would say that is not the God that I know."

"Seek justice, love mercy, walk humbly with your God."

"The world is thirsting for healing, for peace, for justice."

"Children are a heritage from the Lord."

"The greatest healing comes through sharing our deepest pain."

"Our bounden duty is to use the resources of this world in such a manner that we leave the earth a better place for those who come after us."

"God says to each of us that you are my beloved child, on you my favor rests."

"We may appear to be separate, but we are profoundly interconnected."

"The struggle for justice is not complete; it goes on generation after generation."

"Money is a wonderful thing, but you cannot eat it, you cannot drink it, you cannot sleep on it."

"Our diversity is our strength. We celebrate the many ways to be human."

"To desecrate the divine image is to treat any person as if they were less than fully human."

"The world is watching and waiting to see what the church is going to do."

"I have found love. I have found compassion. I have found hope."

"Without each other we cannot be all we are called to be."

"Hope is the belief in a future that is good, even when the present is very dark."

"We are made for transcendence, for holiness, for God."

"Healing happens when we acknowledge our shared humanity."

"The God we serve does not live in the margins of society; he stands with those who are marginalized."

"We need to become more human, more compassionate, more filled with love."

"Our faith should not make us passive; it should make us active agents of change."

"The real battle is not between religions, but between those who choose love and those who choose fear."

"Laughter and joy are spiritual practices."

"We are called to be the voice for those who have no voice."

"The creation of a just society is not the work of one person or one generation."

"God made you just the way you are, and that is wonderful."