Desmond Tutu

Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you’ve closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.

Desmond Tutu

Beware when you take on the Church of God. Others have tried and have bitten the dust.

Desmond Tutu

Childeren are a wonderful gift… They have the extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things, and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.

Desmond Tutu

Climate change: Never before in history have human beings been called on to act collectively in defence of the earth.

Desmond Tutu

Consider what we sometimes do with our children: We imbue them with this sense, very early on, that they have got to succeed. We are not content that they just do well, they have got to wipe the floor with the opposition.

Desmond Tutu

Dream of a world where children can laugh and play and not be blown up by a mine they thought was a toy.

Desmond Tutu

Each of us has a God-shaped space within us. Only God can fill that space. But we run ourselves ragged trying to find things other than God to fill it with.

Desmond Tutu

Each one of us can be an oasis of peace.

Desmond Tutu

Each one of us is not a divine afterthought.

Desmond Tutu

Europe became rich because it exploited Africa; and the Africans know that.

Desmond Tutu