Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness..

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 ….

One of the sayings in our country is Ubuntu - the essence of being human. Ubuntu speaks particularly about the fact that you can't exist as a human b….

Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another..

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world..

I have been to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and I have witnessed the racially segregated roads and housing that reminded me so much of the con….

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you ….

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

As much as the world has an instinct for evil and is a breeding ground for genocide, holocaust, slavery, racism, war, oppression, and injustice, the ….

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

There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they're falling in..

We are made for goodness. We are made for love. We are made for friendliness. We are made for togetherness. We are made for all of the beautiful thin….

Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish o….

We can carry the burden of hurt throughout our lives. We can make the hurt that we have experienced the defining aspect of our stories of ourselves. ….

My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together..

Africans believe in something that is difficult to render in English. We call it ubuntu, botho. It means the essence of being human. You know when it….

Gaza is going to test who believes in the worth of human beings..

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..

To be neutral in a situation of injustice is to have chosen sides already. It is to support the status quo..

My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument.".

We must embrace our differences, even celebrate our diversity. We must glory in the fact that God created each of us as unique human beings. God crea….