If we have loved well while we were alive, there is life after death here-our love will go on for generations.

Desmond Tutu

What is black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but an elite that tends to be recycled.

Desmond Tutu

There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.

Desmond Tutu

We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live with these truths.

Desmond Tutu

We are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water.

Desmond Tutu

We have allowed the interests of capital to outweigh the interests of human beings and our Earth.

Desmond Tutu

I wish I could shut up, but I can't, and I won't.

Desmond Tutu

Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional.

Desmond Tutu

If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

Desmond Tutu

But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next.

Desmond Tutu

Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.

Desmond Tutu

It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.

Desmond Tutu