Many people ask me what I have learned from all of the experiences in my life, and I say unhesitatingly: People are wonderful. It is true. People really are wonderful.- Desmond Tutu

A person is a person through other persons.- Desmond Tutu

We can only be human together.- Desmond Tutu

Nothing is too much trouble for love.- Desmond Tutu

Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realise our need of one another.- Desmond Tutu

Children 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

We humans can tolerate suffering but we cannot tolerate meaninglessness.- Desmond Tutu

Peace without justice is impossibility.- Desmond Tutu

I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.- Desmond Tutu

Forgiveness gives us the capacity to make a new start...And forgiveness is the grace by which you enable the other person to get up, and get up with dignity, to begin anew...- Desmond Tutu

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

To forgive is not just to be altruistic.- Desmond Tutu

The ideal society is one in which its members enjoy their freedom to be human freely, provided they do not thereby infringe the freedoms of others unduly.- Desmond Tutu

Peace involves inevitable righteousness, justice, fullness of life, participation in decision making, goodness, laughter, joy, compassion, sharing and reconciliation.- Desmond Tutu

Equality is essential to human life and well-being.- Desmond Tutu