“Ubuntu is very difficult to render into a Western language. It speaks of the very essence of being human.... you are generous, you are hospitable, you are friendly and caring and compassionate. You share what you have. It is to say, 'My humanity is inextricably bound up in yours.' We belong in a bundle of life.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“We are made for goodness. We are made for love. We are made for friendliness. We are made for togetherness. We are made for all of the beautiful things that you and I know. We are made to tell the world that there are no outsiders. All are welcome: black, white, red, yellow, rich, poor, educated, not educated, male, female, gay, straight, all, all, all. We all belong to this family, this human family, God's family.”

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