I think that most of us would say that ubuntu basically speaks about what it means to be human.

The final and full revelation of God is not a book, it is a person. Jesus Christ.

Most poor people I know are proud and really want not a handout but a hand up. They do have an inherent pride and dignity, and we should treat them as those who have fallen on bad days.

Many people would be surprised that, in fact, I'm quite shy.

It is very difficult now in South Africa to find anyone who ever supported apartheid.

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 created us different, but God did not create us for separation. God created us different that we might recognize our need for one another. We must reverence our uniqueness, reverence everything that makes us what we are: our language, our culture, our religious tradition.

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.