519 Quotes by Desmond Tutu

I can't control what happens to me, but I can control how I respond to it.

The universe can take quite a while to deliver.

Dream! Dream! And then go for it!

Hate has no place in the house of God. No one should be excluded from our love, our compassion or our concern because of race or gender, faith or ethnicity - or because of their sexual orientation.

I regard Abraham as my ancestor. Some of the greatest inspiration I have got has come from what we call the Old Testament prophets and what Jews would say "our prophets."

Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.

Forgiveness and reconciliation are not just ethereal, spiritual, other-worldly activities. They have to do with the real world. They are realpolitik, because in a very real sense, without forgiveness, there is no future.

It makes no sense to invest in [fossil fuel] companies that undermine our future

There is only one way to eat an elephant, a bite at a time.