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Desmond Tutu quotes: Forgiveness is the grace by which you enable the other person to get up and get up with dignity, to begin anew. Forgiveness is the grace by which you enable the other person to get up and get up with dignity, to begin anew.
Desmond Tutu quotes: I don't preach a social gospel; I preach the Gospel, period. The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is concerned for the whole person. I don't preach a social gospel; I preach the Gospel, period. The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is concerned for the whole person.
Desmond Tutu quotes: Sometimes you want to whisper in God's ear, 'God, we know you are in charge, but why don't you make it slightly more obvious?' Sometimes you want to whisper in God's ear, 'God, we know you are in charge, but why don't you make it slightly more obvious?'
Desmond Tutu quotes: The fundamental law of human beings is interdependence. A person is a person through other persons. The fundamental law of human beings is interdependence. A person is a person through other persons.
Desmond Tutu quotes: It is not too surprising that, having been involved in a policy as evil and dehumanizing as apartheid, It is not too surprising that, having been involved in a policy as evil and dehumanizing as apartheid,
Desmond Tutu quotes: Men and boys, we show our manhood through the way we treat our women. Our wives, our sisters, our mothers. Men and boys, we show our manhood through the way we treat our women. Our wives, our sisters, our mothers.
Desmond Tutu quotes: I think it is a good exercise to ask oneself, "How would I have wanted to be treated?" I think it is a good exercise to ask oneself, "How would I have wanted to be treated?"
Desmond Tutu quotes: I am because other people are. I am because other people are.
Desmond Tutu quotes: I don't know any religion that promotes violence. It is the adherents of whatever religion. I don't know any religion that promotes violence. It is the adherents of whatever religion.
Desmond Tutu quotes: I'm not an optimist; I'm a prisoner of hope. I'm not an optimist; I'm a prisoner of hope.
Desmond Tutu quotes: Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning. Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.
Desmond Tutu quotes: I have voted for the ANC, but I would very sadly not be able to vote for them after the way things have gone, I have voted for the ANC, but I would very sadly not be able to vote for them after the way things have gone,
Desmond Tutu quotes: do not heal in isolation. Connecting with others is how we develop compassion for others and for ourselves. do not heal in isolation. Connecting with others is how we develop compassion for others and for ourselves.
Desmond Tutu quotes: Let girls be girls and not brides Let girls be girls and not brides
Desmond Tutu quotes: If we are going to see real development in the world then our best investment is WOMEN! If we are going to see real development in the world then our best investment is WOMEN!
Desmond Tutu quotes: We will only truly be free when those in bondage are finally free We will only truly be free when those in bondage are finally free
Desmond Tutu quotes: In many ways, when you're a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society. In many ways, when you're a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society.
Desmond Tutu quotes: One of the ways of helping to destroy a people is to tell them they don't have a history that they have no roots. One of the ways of helping to destroy a people is to tell them they don't have a history that they have no roots.
Desmond Tutu quotes: Nothing is too much trouble for Love. Nothing is too much trouble for Love.
Desmond Tutu quotes: To forgive is to abandon your right to pay back the predator in his own coin, but it is the loss that Liberates. To forgive is to abandon your right to pay back the predator in his own coin, but it is the loss that Liberates.
Desmond Tutu quotes: We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God. We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.
Desmond Tutu quotes: God says, 'You know what? I don't have anybody else ... except you.' God says, 'You know what? I don't have anybody else ... except you.'
Desmond Tutu quotes: Life is more than breath and a heartbeat; meaning and purpose are the life of life. Life is more than breath and a heartbeat; meaning and purpose are the life of life.
Desmond Tutu quotes: Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime. Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime.
Desmond Tutu quotes: There can be no healing without truth. There can be no healing without truth.
Desmond Tutu quotes: 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. 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.
Desmond Tutu quotes: Many people would be surprised that, in fact, I'm quite shy. Many people would be surprised that, in fact, I'm quite shy.
Desmond Tutu quotes: Freedom and liberty lose out by default because good people are not vigilant. Freedom and liberty lose out by default because good people are not vigilant.
Desmond Tutu quotes: Each one of us can be an oasis of peace. Each one of us can be an oasis of peace.
Desmond Tutu quotes: If everyone who wants to see an end to poverty, hunger and suffering speaks out, then the noise will be deafening. If everyone who wants to see an end to poverty, hunger and suffering speaks out, then the noise will be deafening.
Desmond Tutu quotes: After all, we are created in the image of a God who is a diversity of persons who exist in ineffable unity. This After all, we are created in the image of a God who is a diversity of persons who exist in ineffable unity. This
Desmond Tutu quotes: You show your humanity by how you see yourself not as apart from others but from your connection to others. You show your humanity by how you see yourself not as apart from others but from your connection to others.
Desmond Tutu quotes: I'm coming to believe more and more in the truth that everything we do has consequences. A good deed doesn't just evaporate and disappear. I'm coming to believe more and more in the truth that everything we do has consequences. A good deed doesn't just evaporate and disappear.
Desmond Tutu quotes: South Africa, so utterly improbably, is a beacon of hope in a dark and troubled world. South Africa, so utterly improbably, is a beacon of hope in a dark and troubled world.
Desmond Tutu quotes: I would like to share with you two simple truths: there is nothing that cannot be forgiven, and there is no one un-deserving of forgiveness. I would like to share with you two simple truths: there is nothing that cannot be forgiven, and there is no one un-deserving of forgiveness.
Desmond Tutu quotes: Some people are able to use Bible as a means of opposing injustice, whereas others are able to find justification. Some people are able to use Bible as a means of opposing injustice, whereas others are able to find justification.
Desmond Tutu quotes: We learn from history that we don't learn from history! We learn from history that we don't learn from history!
Desmond Tutu quotes: God has such a deep reverence for our freedom that he'd rather let us freely go to Hell than be compelled to go to Heaven. God has such a deep reverence for our freedom that he'd rather let us freely go to Hell than be compelled to go to Heaven.
Desmond Tutu quotes: Forgiveness is abandoning your right to revenge. Forgiveness is abandoning your right to revenge.
Desmond Tutu quotes: I believe in MasterPeace. World leaders cannot push back armed conflict alone. We need the whole world to make this happen. I believe in MasterPeace. World leaders cannot push back armed conflict alone. We need the whole world to make this happen.
Desmond Tutu quotes: We shall be free only together, black and white. We shall survive only together, black and white. We can be human only together, black and white. We shall be free only together, black and white. We shall survive only together, black and white. We can be human only together, black and white.
Desmond Tutu quotes: The world's forests are a shared stolen treasure that we must put back for our children's future The world's forests are a shared stolen treasure that we must put back for our children's future
Desmond Tutu quotes: God says, "Please, please help me realize this dream." And some of God's best collaborators are the young, because you dream. You dream God's dream. God says, "Please, please help me realize this dream." And some of God's best collaborators are the young, because you dream. You dream God's dream.
Desmond Tutu quotes: Fundamental rights belong to the human being just because you are a human being. Fundamental rights belong to the human being just because you are a human being.
Desmond Tutu quotes: People united in pursuit of a righteous cause are unstoppable People united in pursuit of a righteous cause are unstoppable
Desmond Tutu quotes: Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.[Address at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 November 2004] Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.
[Address at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 November 2004]
Desmond Tutu quotes: The world is awful but also the world is beautiful. Human beings are awful, but ultimately human beings are tremendous. The world is awful but also the world is beautiful. Human beings are awful, but ultimately human beings are tremendous.
Desmond Tutu quotes: Love is much more demanding than law. Love is much more demanding than law.
Desmond Tutu quotes: I want my commitment to ending girl marriage to be equal to my commitment to ending apartheid. I want my commitment to ending girl marriage to be equal to my commitment to ending apartheid.
Desmond Tutu quotes: When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All
Desmond Tutu quotes: We must stop climate change. And we can, if we use the tactics that worked in South Africa against the worst carbon emitters. We must stop climate change. And we can, if we use the tactics that worked in South Africa against the worst carbon emitters.
Desmond Tutu quotes: Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value. Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value.
Desmond Tutu quotes: The world needs a revolution led by women The world needs a revolution led by women
Desmond Tutu quotes: Human beings can be awful, but they can also be tremendous. Human beings can be awful, but they can also be tremendous.
Desmond Tutu quotes: Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another. Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.
Desmond Tutu quotes: Trust is one of the fundamentals of human existence. We need to be able to trust one another. A man who can no longer trust anyone will become sick. Trust is one of the fundamentals of human existence. We need to be able to trust one another. A man who can no longer trust anyone will become sick.
Desmond Tutu quotes: One of the things we might want to learn when considering the failings of others is not to gloat because someone else has tripped up. One of the things we might want to learn when considering the failings of others is not to gloat because someone else has tripped up.
Desmond Tutu quotes: I have absolutely no objection to performance and success as long as they don't become false idols and threaten to rule our lives. I have absolutely no objection to performance and success as long as they don't become false idols and threaten to rule our lives.
Desmond Tutu quotes: Child of God, known by name and whose very hairs are numbered. Praise and adore God and thank him for ever and ever. Amen. Child of God, known by name and whose very hairs are numbered. Praise and adore God and thank him for ever and ever. Amen.
Desmond Tutu quotes: In God's family, there are no outsiders, no enemies. In God's family, there are no outsiders, no enemies.
Desmond Tutu quotes: People are scared in this country [the US], to say wrong is wrong because the Jewish lobby is powerful - very powerful. People are scared in this country [the US], to say wrong is wrong because the Jewish lobby is powerful - very powerful.
Desmond Tutu quotes: 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. 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.
Desmond Tutu quotes: I'd rather go to hell than worship a homophobic God. I'd rather go to hell than worship a homophobic God.
Desmond Tutu quotes: Without memory, there is no healing. Without forgiveness, there is no future. Without memory, there is no healing. Without forgiveness, there is no future.
Desmond Tutu quotes: When people decide they want to be free, there is nothing that can stop them. When people decide they want to be free, there is nothing that can stop them.
Desmond Tutu quotes: Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice. Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.
Desmond Tutu quotes: I am passionately opposed to the death penalty for anyone ... I think, myself, that it is an obscenity ... I am passionately opposed to the death penalty for anyone ... I think, myself, that it is an obscenity ...
Desmond Tutu quotes: The black person entered the booth one person and emerged on the other side a new, transfigured person. The black person entered the booth one person and emerged on the other side a new, transfigured person.
Desmond Tutu quotes: God is patient with us to become the God's children he wants us to be but you really can see him weeping. God is patient with us to become the God's children he wants us to be but you really can see him weeping.
Desmond Tutu quotes: Resentment and anger are bad for your blood pressure and your digestion. Resentment and anger are bad for your blood pressure and your digestion.
Desmond Tutu quotes: God's dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion. God's dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion.
Desmond Tutu quotes: Isn't it amazing that we are all made in God's image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people? Isn't it amazing that we are all made in God's image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?
Desmond Tutu quotes: Love your enemy; it will ruin his reputation. Love your enemy; it will ruin his reputation.
Desmond Tutu quotes: If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn't worship that God. If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn't worship that God.
Desmond Tutu quotes: We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live with these truths. We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live with these truths.
Desmond Tutu quotes: My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.
Desmond Tutu quotes: A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons. A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.
Desmond Tutu quotes: We would like to see you departing peacefully. We would like to see you departing peacefully.
Desmond Tutu quotes: Catharsis returns us to the purpose for which were originally intended - to be called by God to do good - and thus ultimately returns us to ourselves. Catharsis returns us to the purpose for which were originally intended - to be called by God to do good - and thus ultimately returns us to ourselves.
Desmond Tutu quotes: A person is a person because s/he recognizes others as persons. A person is a person because s/he recognizes others as persons.
Desmond Tutu quotes: When you think of the sort of things that happen when a genocide happens, it's again not people who are intrinsically evil. When you think of the sort of things that happen when a genocide happens, it's again not people who are intrinsically evil.
Desmond Tutu quotes: The abolition of the death penalty is making us a civilized society. It shows we actually do mean business when we say we have reverence for life. The abolition of the death penalty is making us a civilized society. It shows we actually do mean business when we say we have reverence for life.
Desmond Tutu quotes: Inclusive, good-quality education is a foundation for dynamic and equitable societies. Inclusive, good-quality education is a foundation for dynamic and equitable societies.
Desmond Tutu quotes: God is not a Christian. God is not a Christian.
Desmond Tutu quotes: One day we'll wake up and discover we are family. One day we'll wake up and discover we are family.
Desmond Tutu quotes: The way to understand any enemy is to realize that, from his perspective, he is not a villain but a hero. The way to understand any enemy is to realize that, from his perspective, he is not a villain but a hero.
Desmond Tutu quotes: Anything war can do, peace can do better. Anything war can do, peace can do better.
Desmond Tutu quotes: I am a Nobel Peace laureate and my business should be to try to bring stability, not to be a red rag to bulls. I am a Nobel Peace laureate and my business should be to try to bring stability, not to be a red rag to bulls.
Desmond Tutu quotes: We have allowed the interests of capital to outweigh the interests of human beings and our Earth. We have allowed the interests of capital to outweigh the interests of human beings and our Earth.
Desmond Tutu quotes: No peace is impossible when people are determined to achieve it No peace is impossible when people are determined to achieve it
Desmond Tutu quotes: I don't think I've ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB. I don't think I've ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB.
Desmond Tutu quotes: I wish I could shut up, but I can't, and I won't. I wish I could shut up, but I can't, and I won't.
Desmond Tutu quotes: Dream! Dream! And then go for it! Dream! Dream! And then go for it!
Desmond Tutu quotes: Laugh more. Don't forget to enjoy the blessings that God bestows on this beautiful planet. Laugh more. Don't forget to enjoy the blessings that God bestows on this beautiful planet.
Desmond Tutu quotes: I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum. I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.
Desmond Tutu quotes: We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low. We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
Desmond Tutu quotes: If we have loved well while we were alive, there is life after death here-our love will go on for generations. If we have loved well while we were alive, there is life after death here-our love will go on for generations.
Desmond Tutu quotes: Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes. Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.
Desmond Tutu quotes: We need other human beings in order to be human. We need other human beings in order to be human.
Desmond Tutu quotes: God is not a diversion. God is not a diversion.

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