Desmond Tutu

"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."

"God's love is too great to be confined to any one side of a conflict or to any one religion."

"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."

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

"In many ways, when you're a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society."

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

"Isn't it amazing that we are all made in God's image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?"

"It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible."

"Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency."

"The God who existed before any religion counts on you to make the oneness of the human family known and celebrated."

"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."

"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."

"When we see the face of a child, we think of the future. We think of their dreams about what they might become, and what they might accomplish."

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