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 …

- Desmond Tutu

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

- Desmond Tutu

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

- Desmond Tutu

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

- Desmond Tutu

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

- Desmond Tutu

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

- Desmond Tutu

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 …

- Desmond Tutu

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.

- Desmond Tutu

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 …

- Desmond Tutu