For Christians, who believe they are created in the image of God, it is the Godhead, diversity in unity and the three-in-oneness of God, which we and all creation reflect.
When we see the face of a child, we think of the future. We think of their dreams about what they might become, and what they might accomplish.
And every human being is precious.
The universe can take quite a while to deliver.
Those who invest in South Africa should not think they are doing us a favor; they are here for what they get out of our cheap and abundant labor, and they should know that they are buttressing one of the most vicious systems.
It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.
How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns?
In the Bible, we first encounter God when he sides with a bunch of slaves against a powerful Pharaoh, an act of grace freely given.
When a pile of cups is tottering on the edge of the table and you warn that they will crash to the ground, in South Africa you are blamed when that happens.
You stand out in the crowd only because you have these many, many carrying you on their shoulders.
It's a blessing that South Africa has a man like Nelson Mandela.
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.
In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use of non-violent means, such as boycotts and divestment, encouraged their governments and other corporate actors to reverse decades-long support for the Apartheid regime.
I've never doubted that apartheid - because it was of itself fundamentally, intrinsically evil - was going to bite the dust eventually.
I have been to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and I have witnessed the racially segregated roads and housing that reminded me so much of the conditions we experienced in South Africa under the racist system of Apartheid.
Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.
Niger is not an isolated island of desperation. It lies within a sea of problems across Africa - particularly the 'forgotten emergencies' in poor countries or regions with little strategic or material appeal.
The minute you got the Nobel Peace Prize, things that I said yesterday, with nobody paying too much attention, I say the same things after I got it - oh! It was quite crucial for people, and it helped our morale because apartheid did look invincible.
People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised.
In God's family, there are no outsiders, no enemies.
