Desmond Tutu quotes - page 2

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)
Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning. View quote
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We inhabit a universe that is characterized by diversity. View quote
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We are made for loving. If we don't love, we will be like plants without water. View quote
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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. View quote
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Universal education is not only a moral imperative but an economic necessity, to pave the way toward making many more nations self-sufficient and self-sustaining. View quote
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You stand out in the crowd only because you have these many, many carrying you on their shoulders. View quote
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It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible. View quote
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In its history, Europe has committed so many massacres and horrors that it should bow its own head in shame. View quote
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In God's family, there are no outsiders, no enemies. View quote
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Without forgiveness there can be no future for a relationship between individuals or within and between nations. (Desmond Tutu)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Isn't it sad, that in a time when we face so many devastating problems - poverty, HIV/AIDS, war and conflict - that in our Communion we should be investing so much time and energy on disagreement about sexual orientation? [The Communion, which] used to be known for embodying the attribute of comprehensiveness, of inclusiveness, where we were meant to accommodate all and diverse views, saying we may differ in our theology but we belong together as sisters and brothers [now seems] hell-bent on excommunicating one another. God must look on and God must weep. View quote
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I wish I could shut up, but I can't, and I won't. View quote
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Forgiveness is an absolute necessity for continued human existence. View quote
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God is not upset that Gandhi was not a Christian, because God is not a Christian! All of God's children and their different faiths help us to realize the immensity of God. View quote
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Without forgiveness, there's no future. View quote
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What is black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but an elite that tends to be recycled? View quote
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But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next. View quote
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And every human being is precious. (Desmond Tutu)
Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice. View quote
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The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. View quote
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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. View quote
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As human beings we have the most extraordinary capacity for evil. We can perpetrate some of the most horrendous atrocities. View quote
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