Mpho Tutu van Furth

"Before transformation there must be the belief that transformation is possible, and the willingness to be transformed."

"If we as a world ever got even a hint of the incredible love with which God loves us, we would be living in such a different world than we do now."

"To me, authentic leadership is leadership from the heart; from the center: that one recognizes the core of one’s being and leads from that space."

"If you conceptualize leadership as power over people, Ubuntu doesn’t have a place in that conceptualization. If you conceptualize leadership as power with people, it completely changes the way you operate, even as a leader."

"Forgiveness is not easy; it can seem like an impossible task. According to Mpho, only through walking this fourfold path, we free ourselves from the endless cycle of pain and retribution."

"forgiveness is the biggest help to transition away from the stereotypical patriarchal model that both women and men suffer under."

"Privilege is there is almost nothing about you that I have to know, and yet you know so much about me."

"we have to search our souls in order to find our own truth, to understand when we have been responsible for perpetuating inequality whether explicitly or complicitly. It is a painful process, but only then can we address it."

"I am working to create a world that is good for girls."

"For girls to flourish our world must be safe, our environment clean, our planet healthy"

"For girls to flourish their voices must be heard, their choices honoured, and their right to bodily integrity affirmed."

"When girls flourish the whole world flourishes."

"like every LGBTQIA+ child who has come out of the closet only to be thrown out of the house, I feel bereft. The South African church that was the mother of my faith has disowned me."