There is no future without forgiveness

I never think of the time I have lost. I just carry out a programme because it's there. It's mapped out for me.

Millions of people in the world's poorest countries remain enslaved by the chains of poverty. It is time to set them free.

The names of Dingane and Bambata, Hintsa and Makana, Squngthi and Dalasile, Moshoeshoe and Sekhukhuni, were praised as the glory of the entire African nation. I hoped then that life might offer me the opportunity to serve my people and make my own humble contribution to their freedom struggle.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Sometimes strident, often tender, never afraid and seldom without humour, Desmond Tutu's voice will always be the voice of the voiceless.

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.