I certainly know that I would not be able to survive if it were not for the fact that I am being upheld by the prayers of so many people.
Desmond TutuOur parents will maybe sometimes when they are upset with us and we have been troublesome say something like "Mommy really doesn't like a naughty child." And we think that we have to earn the approval, earn the love of our parents. And then we transfer it to God and think we have to earn... We don't have to earn it! God loves us.
Desmond TutuClimate change: Never before in history have human beings been called on to act collectively in defence of the Earth
Desmond TutuIsn't it amazing that we are all made in God's image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?
Desmond Tutu