Quotes from Desmond Tutu

Forgiveness does not mean condoning what has been done. It means taking what happened seriously...drawing out the sting in the memory that threatens our entire existence.

You don't think we have a copyright to forgiveness, it is done by people everywhere.

Without forgiveness, there is no future. Forgiveness is not nebulous, impractical and idealistic. It's thoroughly realistic. It's real political in the long run.

Give young people a greater voice. They are the future and they are much wiser than we give them credit for.

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

As long as we fail to face up to the past and deal with it accordingly, the future will smack of corruption.

I am fifty-two years of age. I am a bishop in the Anglican Church, and a few people might be constrained to say that I was reasonably responsible. In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute -- a white skin.