Desmond Tutu quotes - page 5

Out of the cacophony of random suffering and chaos that can mark human life, the life artist sees or creates a symphony of meaning and order. A life of wholeness does not depend on what we experience. Wholeness depends on how we experience our lives. (Desmond Tutu)
How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns? View quote
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Do your little bit of good where you are. View quote
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In order to turn around and do something better, we must first escape the vicious circle of self-righteousness and denial. And that calls for the humility to say "I'm sorry. Please forgive me." View quote
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Never let anyone make you feel inferior for being who you are. When you live the life you were meant to live, in freedom and dignity. View quote
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When we look at a conflict, it is so often rooted in injustice, prejudice, competition for resources, poverty, poor governance and corruption. View quote
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Each of us has a God-shaped space within us. Only God can fill that space. But we run ourselves ragged trying to find things other than God to fill it with. View quote
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Forgiveness and reconciliation are not just ethereal, spiritual, other-worldly activities. They have to do with the real world. They are realpolitik, because in a very real sense, without forgiveness, there is no future. View quote
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Racism, xenophobia and unfair discrimination have spawned slavery, when human beings have bought and sold and owned and branded fellow human beings as if they were so many beasts of burden. View quote
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Though wrong gratifies in the moment, good yields its gifts over a lifetime. View quote
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Brothers and sisters of Egypt, you have given the world the most precious gift: the belief that ultimately right will prevail. (Desmond Tutu)
My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument." Good sense does not always lie with the loudest shouters, nor can we say that a large, unruly crowd is always the best arbiter of what is right. View quote
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I'm not an optimist. I'm a prisoner of hope. View quote
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Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring. View quote
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A life of wholeness does not depend on what we experience. Wholeness depends on how we experience our lives. View quote
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Suffering is part and parcel of the human condition, but suffering can either embitter or ennoble us. It can ennoble us and become a spirituality of transformation when we find meaning in it. View quote
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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. View quote
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We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose. View quote
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We can only be human together. View quote
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The world's forests are a shared stolen treasure that we must put back for our children's future. View quote
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There is no justice in killing in the name of justice. (Desmond Tutu)
I have absolutely no objection to performance and success as long as they don't become false idols and threaten to rule our lives. View quote
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Once lost, trust can only be regained if we are as good as our word. View quote
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God says, 'You know what? I don't have anybody else... except you.' View quote
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Laugh more. Don't forget to enjoy the blessings that God bestows on this beautiful planet. View quote
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